A Movie system for FC6 and F7

[Karl Larsen]

David Boles wrote:
> on 6/19/2007 2:27 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>             VLC
>>
>>     Last thing first. I put a DVD of the Honeymooners that has not ever 
>> been shown on FC6 and it works GREAT! I made it full screen and it was 
>> just like the TV set 50 years ago.
>>
>>     I was told to delete Totem and get vlc. I have yet to delete Totem 
>> but it will come soon. It is hard to delete because of the bad 
>> information I followed from this list. Quick to say I heard about vlc on 
>> this list.
>>
>>     Since vlc exists according to Google I tried the simple route first. 
>> I typed:
>>
>>     # yum install vlc
>>
>> and to my pleasure yum fooled around for 15 minutes gathering lib files 
>> needed to get vlc working and then it installed the whole thing. I went 
>> to Applications->Sound and Videos and there was vlc.
>>
>>     I clicked on it and a small panel showed up. No idea what to do but 
>> I clicked on File and then Open Disk and then clicked a little more and 
>> the movie started. It was exciting because I was not sure I would ever 
>> see this.
>>
>>     This is on FC6 but I am sure you can yum it in on F7.
>>
>> Karl Larsen
>>     
>
> Karl,
>
> You want a suggestion? You should setup a blog and post all of your little
> tips and hints there, along with your experiences, so that the whole
> Internet can gain from them.
>
> This site - Blogspot offers them for free.
>
> https://www.blogger.com/start
>
>   
    Hi David, I didn't discover vlc and I was told to try it and it 
works good. I don't think my success will be interesting to my wife. But 
to guys on this list yes!

Karl