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COOL LINKS
FREE Computers for Kids Home

 

Links to CFK Internal pages

CFK Kids Sites

CFK System Preparation

Download CFK Install Script (Kubuntu)

Download CFK Manual Flash Player Download (Linux)

 

Example multimedia web sites for testing

Try the sites for kids and CLICK HERE.

Try specific tests for this process and CLICK HERE.

NASA - Home

http://www.nasa.gov

NASA - Multimedia

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html

 


General software to install

RPM

sudo apt-get install rpm

YUM

sudo apt-get yum install

Windows Media Player

Not available for Linux

Overall media player

Download / Install procedure

Go to http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/

Download all-20061022.tar.bz2 to the desktop

Start a terminal session: Applications->Accessories->Terminal

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/win32

sudo –xvjf Desktop/all-20061022.tar.bz2 –C /usr/lib/win32

 

Download/Update MPlayer and MPlayer plug-in for Firefox

sudo apt-get remove mozilla-mplayer

sudo apt-get remove mplayer

sudo apt-get remove totem-mozilla

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get install mplayer

sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer

 

 

MPlayer Movie Player Configuration

Run Applications->Sound & Video->MPlayer Movie Player

Right-click window and then select Preferences

Click “Video” tab

Under “Available Drivers” select “x11” from the left column.

Click “Codecs & demuxer” tab

For “Video Codec Family” select “Quicktime video decoder”

For “Audio Codec Family” select “Quicktime audio decoder”

MPlayer Plug-in configuration

Go to: http://www.udel.edu/UMS/itv/realplayer/test.html

Click on the “RealPlayer Test” button. The mplayer plugin screen will come up.

Right-click the window and click “Configure”

For Video Output, select “x11”

The Audio Output should change to “oss”. This should be fine.

Click OK

 

Mozilla-MPlayer Download/Installation

sudo apt-get mozilla-mplayer

 

 

 


Real Player

Download / Install procedure

Go to http://www.real.com/linux

Click “Download RealPlayer”

You will be prompted to open or save a file. Click “Save File”

A new box will show up that shows that the download finished. The name will be something like RealPlayer10GOLD.bin.

Close all copies/instances of Firefox Web Browser

Start a terminal session: Applications->Accessories->Terminal

Then run:

cd Desktop

chmod a+x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

## after the sudo command below, you will be prompted for your root (admin/primary) password.

sudo ./RealPlayer10Gold.bin

Following the prompts, just use the defaults and press enter at each prompt

When installation is complete, type:

exit

 

Run Firefox: Applications->Internet->Firefox Web Browser

Go to http://www.udel.edu/UMS/itv/realplayer/test.html

Click the “RealPlayer Test” button

Click on one of the green clovers

You should now see a sample RealPlayer/RealMedia video. If you don’t, there was a problem.

Test Site

CLICK HERE for RealPlayer tests

References

http://www.linux.org/dist/reviews/ubuntu_breezy.html


Flash Player

Download / Install procedure

Start a terminal session: Applications->Accessories->Terminal

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Test Site

CLICK HERE for Flash tests

References

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty


Apple QuickTime

Download / Install procedure

Start a terminal session: Applications->Accessories->Terminal

sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer

Test Site

CLICK HERE for QuickTime tests

References

http://www.linux.org/dist/reviews/ubuntu_breezy.html

 


Main Codecs

Download / Install procedure

Applications->Add/Remove Programs

Select Show “All Available Applications”

Go to the “All” category

Check the following for installation: (note that you may be prompted about your location):

Click “Apply”, then “Apply” again.

When done, click OK as appropriate

References

TBD


Testing

To begin with, for lots of different content try the sites for kids and CLICK HERE

Flash

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome

http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/

http://www.maidmarian.com/Sherwood.htm

 

QuickTime

Test the QuickTime Plug-in

http://www.americangirl.com/tips/test/quicktime.html

mozilla.org - Test Case Description for testing Quicktime Plugin

http://www.mozilla.org/quality/browser/front-end/testcases/plugins/quicktimetest.html

Video Clips

http://www.mozilla.org/quality/browser/front-end/testcases/plugins/quicktimetest.html

Apple - QuickTime - Troubleshooting

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/troubleshooting/

QuickTime Encapsulation of Standard Video Test Sequences

http://index.apple.com/~singer/sequences/testseq.html

Google Search for "quicktime test"

http://www.google.com/search?q=quicktime+test&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLG

 

RealPlayer

http://www.udel.edu/UMS/itv/realplayer/test.html

 


Miscellaneous Info

Open MP3's in player instead of Firefox

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=358857

Notes on playing MP3 files with Totem Movie Player

You have to change the volume with the main volume control (top-right of screen). You have to adjust the PCM volume rather than the master. The MASTER control has no effect. (Why???) (SEE Volume Control below)

Volume Control

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=79717

How to use softvol to control the master volume

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/How_to_use_softvol_to_control_the_master_volume

 

 

Firefox config

Address: about:config

Address: about:plugins

Address: about:buildconfig

Address: about:license

Address: about:credits

Address: about:mozilla (strange!)

 

List installed packages

dpkg -l

or

dpkg -l | grep “package_name”

 

30 days with Ubuntu 7.04 - Part I

http://linux-noob.com/review/ubuntu/7.04/

 

Plugins and Mozilla Firefox (Linux)

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/firefox-linux.html

 

Add Canonical repositories

Start Canonical Package Manager

Settings->Repositories->Third Party Software

Add: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

 

 

 

WORK IN PROGRESS....

uninstall all players

uninstall all gstreamer codec pkgs
uninstall all gstreamer codec pkgs

install realplayer
install mplayer

in firefox, nasa videos don't work (Perfect Touchdown - shows stopped)

install realplayer as "sudo ./Real...." (key being ***sudo***)

NASA videos still don't work in firefox (Perfect Touchdown - shows stopped or others)
install mozilla-mplayer

NASA videos still don't seem to work consistently in firefox. but....
if i try to play several different videos they will start working!!! (what's up with that???) (first play "Perfect Touchdown" - stopped then "Animation: Dawn Asteroid Mission" - buffering, then "Final Farewells" - works, then "Perfect Touchdown" again - works) ???