FYI Just to let you know that I encountered some problems with Xine I would like to share How I managed to get Xine to work with you. I hope someone benefits from this. Distro :FC1 Kernel:-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl on an i686 gcc: 3.3.2 OK Sources downloaded from www.freshrpms.net xine-lib-rc3a.tar.gz and gxine-0.3.3.tar.gz I liked gxine because it blends in with Gnome pretty cool, but you can download xine-rc3a.tar.gz if you like. Save these to a folder in your $HOME and use file-roller to extract them, two folders should now exist gxine-0.3.3 and xine-lib-rc3a Before you start you need to vi /ld.so.conf and insert a line beneath the last entry "/usr/local/lib" esc and save. then run "/sbin/ldconfig" other wise you will get this error: **************************************************************** xine-lib will be installed to /usr/local/lib This path is not mentioned among the linker search paths in your /etc/ld.so.conf. This means it is possible that xine-lib will not be found when you try to compile or run a program using it. If this happens, you should add /usr/local/lib to the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH like that: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH Alternatively you can add a line "/usr/local/lib" to your /etc/ld.so.conf. **************************************************************** cd to the xine-devel-rc3a dir and run "./configure && make && make install && make clean" this takes long so go do something, I went for a smoke in the rain! then run ldconfig again, I don't know why but trust me I've done 7 systems today. Then cd to the gxine-0.3.3 dir and repeat as above "./configure && .../ this is quick! Hopefully you have a dvd drive if so, then simply link the cdrom to the dvd like this "ln -s /dev/dvd /dev/cdrom obviously choose the device numbers when necessary The run gxine or xine and all is fine, yep I actually did one while righting this mail. Hint: In the preferences - input you can replace the dvd device with a /dev/cdrom or even a path to your dvd If you don't select the correct path or device you will get an error like this: **************************************** xine engine failed to start. No input plugin found. Maybe the file does not exist, has wrong permissions or url syntax error ***************************************** Have lots of fun Chad
