[olug] More info in re: Media Players

[Jay Swackhamer]

Typically, I would install the app in a systemwide accessible location,
either by moving what you have to /opt, or installing the packaged
version, so that it would show up in their path.

i.e.
mv xine /opt/xine
#add to /etc/profile
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/xine/bin
#add to /etc/ld.so.conf
/opt/xine/lib
ldconfig -v

#then make a shared media location
mkdir /opt/video
mkdir /opt/video/G
mkdir /opt/video/PG
mkdir /opt/video/PG13
mkdir /opt/video/R
mkdir /opt/video/TV
mkdir /opt/video/Family
mkdir /opt/music

chmod -R 755 /opt/video
chmod -R 755 /opt/music

> Sounds like you have 2 questions.  I will answer the file sharing
> question.
>
> You can do:
>
> Temporary (quick):
> mkdir /tmp/mp4
> cp *.mp4 /tmp/mp4/
>
> Permanent:
> su -
> mkdir -p /usr/local/share/movies (or whatever)
> mv *.mp4 /usr/local/share/movies
>
> Then there is the whole permissions discussion.
>
>
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:59:51 -0800 (PST), Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> With Totem Video Player I can right click and get the
>> video files to work on my account.  With Real Player
>> 10 Gold I get the error "Some components are not
>> available to provide playback of this presentation on
>> your system."  Those files are .MP4 if it matters.
>> I'll try d/l'ing some mpeg 2, AVIs, rm or wmv files
>> also.
>>
>> Joe Gulizia
>> --- Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm using SUSE 9.1 and I've gotten Kaffeine and Xine
>> > to work on my account.  Both applications are in my
>> > /home/(user name) directory.  I'd like to make them
>> > global so others in my family can view some video
>> > files through their accounts.  How do I do this?
>> >
>> > I also have RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm (non-working) to
>> > install also.
>> >
>> > mv or cp to another directory?  If so, which one?
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Joe Gulizia
>> >
>> >
>> >
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