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Users / When will there be Divx dvd support?

« on: March 26, 2008, 05:46:10 pm »

I have alot of divx and avi's on dvd-r's... when I insert them into my linuxmce machine, it doesnt recognize them at all... Is there a way to do this? or do I have to go into KDE to add these to the hard drive so it will be recognized in there? and can I organize them into separate folders in the /videos/ folder?

is the newest version of linuxmce more stable than the last? I have 7.04.. should I upgrade it?

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Users / Re: [not solved] Logitech MX Air compatibility

« on: March 26, 2008, 05:28:27 pm »

no.. its is not supported.. from what I heard, logitech is not making any open source drivers... its saddens me....

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Users / Re: Dvd and meadia transport

« on: March 14, 2008, 02:58:35 pm »

^^^^ yeah.. I had the same problem.... f5 f6 f7... they work just like the 3 buttons on the remote in the video... except instead of your controller waving around, you use the mouse...

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Users / Re: Does all my media (divx, mp3's, etc.) have to be ripped to the hd to work in

« on: March 14, 2008, 02:56:26 pm »

I know.. I am pretty much to the point now where I do not run ANY microsoft products on any of my machines, except for the ones I play games on and the on in my studio, as linux will not run Reason, WaveLab, etc.. at least not the way I need it ran in the studio...

but my media and download servers, along with any other pc that will not be used for gaming or music, will have kubunu on them.. I love the OS.. its stable, FAST, and free.. it can do everything that a normal person would need to do on windows, but for free.. plus you can get compiz fusion and have an ill desktop scheme as well... I was messing around with that the other day... its so dope...

but yeah.. I love where linuxMCE is going, but they still have alot of support they need.. (like being able to play my divx files off of a dvd)... and maybe some way to organize the media from within MCE... pplllleeeaaasssseee... if I knew how to program, I would add it myself, but alas, Im not that big of a nerd.. I mean, I am.. (lets face it.. I use linux now..) but I just never got past qbasic.. haha

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Users / Re: Does all my media (divx, mp3's, etc.) have to be ripped to the hd to work in

« on: March 13, 2008, 03:50:26 pm »

hell yeah it needs to be added.. hahaha... that is a veeeerrrryyyy important feature to me.. but I can deal with ripping everything using kde, organizing, and renaming everything to a nice pretty setup... its a pain in the arse, but well worth it... I love the program, its just got a very steep learning curve...

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Users / Re: Does all my media (divx, mp3's, etc.) have to be ripped to the hd to work in

« on: March 10, 2008, 03:24:23 pm »

see.. thats the thing.. I can barely figure out how to use it.. the instructions arent exactly the clearest...

So am I to understand, that linux mce cannot read data off of dvd's, and I have to GO TO KDE just to get them to be recognized and copied to the hard drive? haha.. I hate windows, but even windows mce can do that... there has to be a way to do it..

And why cant I organize files in linux mce? I have to go to kde to do it?

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Users / Re: Does all my media (divx, mp3's, etc.) have to be ripped to the hd to work in

« on: March 09, 2008, 09:23:42 pm »

ok.. I have divx files (.avi) that I have on dvds... they will play from the desktop, but when I am in the linux mce gui, the disks wont even get recoginez, and there is no way to choose the files from the disk... it wont even let me rip them.. is it because they a multisession disk? If I finalize them, will they work in linux mce?

and I did plug my usb drive in, and it works, but now I cannot see my internal drive.. I have hda1 (8 g) on ide 1, hdb1 (80 g) on ide 2, and sda1 (80 g) on the usb... hdb1 has hella mp3's and divx movies on there, and I cannot find any of them in linux... just on the kde desktop...

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Users / Does all my media (divx, mp3's, etc.) have to be ripped to the hd to work in MCE

« on: March 09, 2008, 08:53:06 pm »

I cannot figure this out... first.. what file system should I have my usb drives formatted to to be recognized by linux mce? like if I had an external hard drive with all my media on it, would linux mce AUTOMATICALLY pick it up and make it accessible? and with what file system?

2nd.. I cannot get ANY media except for DVD's to play from the dvd drive.. I thought you were supposed to be able to put in a disk of media, and have it play.. it doesnt (for me anyway)... which leads me to my main question....\

FOR MEDIA TO BE ACCESSIBLE FROM LINUX MCE, DOES IT HAVE TO BE ON THE HD? and WILL NETWORK SHARES (IF i SHARE SOMETHING FROM A WINDOWS MACHINE) AUTOMATICALLY SHOW UP WHEN LINUX MCE STARTS?

someone pppllleeeaaasssseeee help... I have been trying to figure this out for 2 weeks now.. PLLEASSSEEE

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Users / Re: cant get dvd's with divx files on them to play in LinMCE 7.04

« on: March 09, 2008, 06:58:40 pm »

ok.. how do I do that?

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Users / cant get dvd's with divx files on them to play in LinMCE 7.04

« on: March 08, 2008, 05:49:27 pm »

ok.. I have been messing around with this... this is what I have setup in my house and how I want it to work:

I have a Linux MCE box hooked straight up to my tv, internet connection is coming from my router..

I have a 2nd pc, that is running windows, and 3 HD's.. 2 internal, 1 external.. These have lots of videos and media in them.. also hooked to router

I also have a vveeerrrryyy large collection of divx, avi, and hella video files.. movies, skate videos, south park, etc..

I want to be able to access the media on my windows box from my linux mce box, and play that on the tv...

I also cannot get my dvd's with the video files on them to play... when I go to video, it doesnt list anything... when I put the dvd in, it says it cannot play it...

how do I correct these issues?