From: Robert W. <rw...@r2...> - 2002-07-31 17:05:59
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Hello Slade, Freevo, along with a lot of other new technologies, is going to take a lot of patience and knowledge of Linux. You mentioned you are a newbie when it comes to Linux. Not trying to start a Dist war, might I suggest you try Gentoo for your Linux distribution. It will force you to get to the metal during install but is still reasonable for a newbie. The docs are great and the people on their listserv and in IRC are VERY helpful. Building a system from the ground up like this will help you get aquainted with lower level Linux and also introduce you to everything installed on your system. RedHat like systems tend to install just about everything, including things you didn't know existed and never use. With Gentoo you know exactly what's being installed. ~Rob -----Original Message----- From: Tom Seeley [mailto:Tom...@bi...] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:41 AM To: fre...@li... Subject: RE: [Freevo-users] Newbie > Greetings All Greetings. > I am really keen on putting together a Freevo. > I am new to Linux and I am not to sure on a few things before I begin. Well, to start off with, turn off html-email. In my experience mailing list members don't appreciate it. > 1) I have a 350Mhz AMD lying around would this be enough or should I use my 750Mhz? That depends on what you're planning on doing with it. If you are thinking of playing movies, then a AMD 350 (a k6 presumably) will not be sufficient. The 750 will be fine. Freevo is an interface for mplayer (amongst others). Start by trying to get mplayer to do what you want it to (play dvds/mpegs etc). http://www.mplayerhq.hu > 2)I have a ATI Rage Mobility card with TV out will this work ? (i see that Freevo > uses Matrox..but if there are ATI drivers available (Redhat 7.2) can I get them > to work ?) Personally, I run freevo in X11 mode on an nvidia card. If your card is supported by X11 (using Xvideo extensions), or by mplayer directly (vidix) then possibly. Expect to have to work at this. > 3)What "Desktop" do I install ...KDE...gnome ..ect (Like I said I am new to Linux) If you're building a desktop computer, then freevo is probably not what you're looking for. Freevo is (or at least appears to be) targeted at dedicated HTPC (home-theatre PC) type applications, using a IR remote control as an input device. GUI's are optional on linux (and Unices in general). Freevo doesn't need a "desktop" environment, but a simple window-manger (such as fvwm) maybe useful if you're running X. > 4)Any good info available on C programing on Linux or the differences between > Windows eg Win API's ect (Does Linux have a set of API's ?) I'll leave this to someone else... > Thats all for now but I am sure I will have more questions as I proceed. I'd suggest keeping future questions on this list as on topic as possible. This is not a linux-newbie mailing list. From my experience freevo installation isn't desperately user-friendly and is likely to overwhelm a complete newbie. Start by making yourself more familiar with linux, install a distribution (pick one) then get mplayer to play the media you are interested in. > Any help or links will be much appreciated. http://www.linux.org http://www.linuxnewbie.org (although I've no idea how good it is) http://www.mplayerhq.hu (mplayer) http://gatos.sourceforge.net/ (ati drivers/info.) -- Tom Seeley ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code1 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Fre...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users |