This is the old SliTaz forum - Please use the main forum.slitaz.org

new to slitaz.. need help!
  • vivekvivek July 2010
    Hii all! I was looking for a linux distro for a very old computer -specs(256 MB RAM ,40GB HD ,Pentium3). That is when I came across slitaz and it looks real good. Now the point here is that the system on which I am supposed to install this lies in one remote corner of the country with no internet connection. The primary objective is to listen songs, watch movies and use some office stuff(word processor, spreadsheet etc). In Ubuntu there is something called Ubuntu restricted extras which take care of all these codecs stuff and I am supposed to install them through the internet. So there are a few questions now and hope somebody is kind enough to help:-
    1.Would I need all these codecs here too which I presume I would and where do I get it from
    2. Can i get some version which comes pre installed with all these media codecs , so that i can just go and install them , as i dont have any internet connection with that system.
    3. what else would be an option if no such download is available?

    Thanks
    Vivek
  • ChristopheChristophe July 2010
    Try VLC. It should read most everthing.
  • mojomojo July 2010
    Slitaz has features/conveniences/funtionality stripped out to make it small,no automount/play
    of optical disks like a distro with gnome or kde desktop.
    This issue could be a major pain if you plan on playing movies on CD/DVD's often.
    If the CD/DVD has a label you can mount the disk in pcmanfm with a mouse click,rt click eject umount.
    If the disk has no label you have to open terminal and enter the commands to mount/umount the disk.
    After the disk is mounted,you still have to open the player,navigate to the CD/DVD to play the movie.

    VLC has no DVD ac3 audio, mp4a , wma, quicktime decoding, and these are the ones I've tried that failed.

    mplayer plays all the formats mentioned above and seems to be the best slitaz has to offer.
  • vivekvivek July 2010
    Hii thanks for your replies but is there no way I can enable automounting of cds . This system is actually going to be used by my parents who are a little old to learn using the terminal. The only thing they would need the system is for listening to music and watching movies.
  • kultexkultex July 2010
    yes - in fstab

    something like this (or perhaps /dev/sr0 instead of /dev/cdrom):

    /dev/cdrom  	/media/cdrom  	auto  	ro,noauto,user,exec  	0 0


    see also here: http://forum.slitaz.org/index.php/discussion/1431/mount-and-play-dvd
Add a Comment

Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Sign In Apply for Membership

Categories

SliTaz Network

SliTaz Social