kittysacattack

okay i found this

wget http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/videol...2.8-1_i386.deb -c
wget http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/videol...2.8-1_i386.deb -c
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

how do i enter it into the command line. I dont know what counts as a line, or if i enter the entire thing. Do i enter 1 line, then press enter.

patrickv

RhythmBox player, default with ubuntu, then there's Mplayer

no offence but you're not the kind of person to get around with linux cause you're always jumping up and down, why not google for once ? or go to ubuntu forums, they ave a massive documentation there

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kittysacattack

i entered those lines, and it looked like it was almost about to do something, then it says sudo, password for michael. My name is michael. What does that mean. It wont let me even type anything except enter, then after 3 tries it tells me i failed.

patrickv

why use terminal ? this is a deb package just right-click on it and install.
you probably don't even know your own password you entered when setting up ubuntu.

The reason you don't see your password is because of security, you are typing it yes, but it won't show you what you're typing, so be sure not to make any mistakes (spelling etc) while typing

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tlarkin

what type of avi file is this? I play avi files all the time just fine in VLC with no needed codec.

Are you trying to play some kind of weird DRM avi from like WMP or something?

patrickv

thats because you are probably running on a Mac.
i recall such when running ubuntu, but Vlc is pretty lame on linux if you ask me, Mplayer is the way to go

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All I want is, less to do, more time to do it, and higher pay for NOT getting it done.

tlarkin

I run VLC on windows, os x and linux, and I have never had that problem. It has to be some jacked up avi encoding is what I am guessing.