Totem Movie Player Plugins problem

[Impeteperry]

Hi all,
When I try to "Movie->play disk" I get the following message

Totem cannot play this type of media (tmw_aspect_ratio_square_menu_item) because you do not have the appropriate plugins to handle it.
Please install the necessary plugins and restart Totem to be able to play this media.

I am running FC 3. Setup works fine in M$.

Thanks

[taylor65]

you need the mpeg-2 codecs. if you re-install totem via synaptic, it'll install all the necessary dependencies to play dvds.

[Impeteperry]

I went to the Synaptic site and it was all Debian downloads. As I said I am running Fedora core 3. I am not familiar on how to convert a Debian file.

[Bob D.]

Start reading here on how to set up additional repositories in Yum. Scroll down a little further for how to install Synaptic for FC3.

Bob

[Impeteperry]

Thanks Bob. I'm not sure I know what you want me to do, but I did find this
[QUOTE] Adding more software:
I use synaptic for installing new software because it's very easy. However, synaptic isn't installed with the FC3 disks, so the following is what I did, using java as an example program that I added:
1 - add dag repository to yum by creating a file called /etc/yum.repos.d/dag.repo and put the following 5 lines into the file:
[dag]
name=Dag
baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
2 - Install gpg keys for dag (rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt)
3 - Install synaptic (yum install synaptic)
4 - Run synaptic (System Settings -> Synaptic Package Manager)
5 - Click Refresh
6 - Click Find and look for j2re
7 - Mark mozilla-j2re for installation (right-click -> Mark for Installation)
8 - Click Apply
9 - Done. Mozilla and Firefox now have java.
10 - Do the same for flash and anything else you want to install. Some popular programs are mozilla-flash (for flash within a browser), mozilla-totem-xine (to play movies within a browser like mozilla or firefox), etc.

Is this what you ment?

[Bob D.]

Yep, what you posted is essentially the same information as the link I gave you.

However, the link I gave you sets you up with 2 repositories for Yum, has you install apt and Synaptic, add 4 repositories for Synaptic to use, and import the needed GPG keys. I'd recommend you just follow step-by-step the instructions on the link I gave you. You'll be well setup after that for adding lots of apps after that. I fact, that link I posted has lots of good info...I'd recommend reading the entire article.

Any questions or problems, just ask!

Bob

[Impeteperry]

Bob, I don't find the "link" you want me to goto. That's why I searched all the threads until I came up with the one I quoted.

pete

[Bob D.]

Quoting my earlier post:

Start reading here....

Notice that the word "here" in my original post is underlined and if you mouse over it your mouse pointer changes. Click on the underlined word will take you to the link I'm talking about. Being able to substitute a hyperlinked word for a complete URL is a standard feature of many forums, including this one.

Here's the entire link: http://www.fedoranews.org/contributo.../fc3_note/#Yum

Here's the same link hyperlinked to some words: click here

Good question...I falsely assume people are familier with this feature of forums.

Anything else I can help with, just ask.

Bob

[taylor65]

install and run synaptic via my how-to post. do a search on this board for 'setting up fc3 for average desktop' to get step-by-step instructions.

[Impeteperry]

Thanks guys. I should have none better, shall see what I can do. It will probably take me some time, but I will let you know how I make out. Thanks again

pete