[Novalug] More on Resuscitating laptop (fwd)

[Dan Arico]

On Wednesday 13 February 2008 17:20, Beartooth wrote:
>  	I listed some things I did *not* install; here's my
>
> friend's reply to one :
> >> Video & movies. No moving images at all, afaik; I can add
> >> some.
> >
> > It would be nice to be able to see .mpg or .wmv files and other
> > common movie formats, in the browser.
>
>  	I forgot the guy is known for his microphotography,
> apparently among veterinarians and comparative anatomists
> worldwide. What will do those? Or can a machine so old and slow
> do them at all?

Mplayer. He'll also need mplayer-plugin and the w32 codecs. I think you said 
you installed Debian. Go here:

http://debian-multimedia.org/

Dan Arico

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