Thanks Dennis. VLC is indeed the program included on the DVD for playing it under windows, I should have thought to check for one for Linux. Turns out it appears under Synaptic though I don't know in which repository. So that part was easy. I can now play it under Linux. 1) It remains that Totem Movie Player can play it for Joe but not for me so I would still like to find out what codec or plugin I am missing there. I looked in /usr/lib/ and /usr/lib/codecs/ but got no clues since I do not know what file[s] to look for. Anyone have any clues? 2) Although VLC now shows in an application menu, it does not list as a possibility when right clicking on the .ogm files on the DVD. I realize that file associations based on a file extension is a Windows thing, but it begs the question of how Linux decides to associate programs suitable for opening files and how applications get on a context (right-click) menu. Can anyone point me at something to read (preferably not buying any books I do not have)? On 10/14/06, Dennis Kibbe wrote: > > On Saturday 14 October 2006 11:25, Dazed_75 wrote: > > I have been trying to play the go-open DVD that was available at the > East > > Side PLUG meeting last Thursday. I have no problem under XP using the > > included player for windows. However, I am having little success under > > Linux (ubuntu 6.06 or SUSE 10.1) and had asked Joe Zagar what luck he > had. > > > > Joseph Zagar wrote: > > > > When I insert disk, file manager opens and shows 11(?) files the second > one > > "go-open-1X02.ogm" opens in Totem Movie Player and runs a 22 minute > movie. > > > > Joe > > > > I wrote back: > > > > Almost the same except that nothing plays. The second file icon does > show > > a picture of the host rather than the opening text image the rest > show. I > > have totem (1.4.3-0ubuntu1) and totem-gstreamer (1.4.3-0ubuntu1) > installed. > > > > I did learn that the second one will play with Movie Player (about menu > > item under help shows it to me Totem 1.4.3) although it does not > autorun. > > The others will open but cannot be made to play. The opening screen > shows > > up but the controls seem ineffective. They act the same way if I drag > them > > to the desktop and try to run them from there. Interestingly, if I use > the > > save button in the lower right of Movie Player the saved file shows a > > different icon and attempting to open the saved file gives the same > error I > > get under SUSE 10.1: > > > > Cannot open go-open-1x02.ogm > > > > The filename "go-open-1x02.ogm" indicates that this file is of type "OGM > > video". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type "MP3 > > ShoutCast playlist". If you open this file, the file might present a > > security risk to your system. > > > > Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received > the > > file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to the > > correct extension for "MP3 ShoutCast playlist", then open the file > > normally. Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific > > application for the file. > > > > I suspect this is a clue that Movie Player (mine) needs a plugin for > > shoutcast that I don't have despite the fact that totem-gstreamer claims > to > > support it. These are the kinds of things that drive folks away from > FOSS > > unfortunately. I think I will bring this to the PLUG Discussion list > for > > help. > > > > Oh, and one more thing is that if I wait long enough under ubuntu Movie > > Player pops a small dialog box that says "An error occurred Could > not > > decode stream" so again, it looks like some decoder is missing. > > > > Anyone got an answer? > > The Go-Open TV series is recorded in OGM (Ogg based multimedia files) > which is > a Free/Open Source video format. The cross-platform VLC media player can > be > downloaded from http://www.videolan.org/ and there is a binary for just > about > every version of Linux, BSD, Solaris, BeOS, PocketPC, Mac and Windows. > > VLC can play not only OGM files but just about any other format that is > legally playable with F/OSS software. > > Actually, you may only need the proper codec to play the files with your > present player. Most Linux players look for codecs in /usr/lib/codec. If > the player finds a the needed codec there then it will be able to play the > file. > > The Go-Open series was broadcasted on South African TV and was funded by > Mark > Shuttleworth of Ubuntu fame. It's an enjoyable series (and yes, it's in > English) which explains Open Source software, has interviews with many of > F/OSS's "Big Guns" and highlights sucessful F/OSS projects in South Africa > and around the world. The complete series is available for download from > http://www.go-opensource.org/. > > Dennisk > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss