Showing posts with label DVD sound. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DVD sound. Show all posts
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Avidemux help...
yeah, I'm still trying to figure out how to convert some AVI video files I edited up to DVD...I"m presently using Avidemux to convert the AVI file to a DVD compatible file. I started a thread in ubuntu's online community seeking help, and one guy suggested this guide.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Xubuntu! DVD sound! Yay...then not so 'yay'...
Well, I decided to try out Xubuntu. I used the "sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop" command to get it and install it. No problems there. Then I tried it out. I had heard that it is supposed to use less CPU power - and man it flew! And Beryl worked on it as well! Whoa! Loved it. Highly recommend Xubuntu!
Aaaaannnnnddddd...I was playing with the audio controls in Xubuntu and found where a video volume was turned all the way down. So I thought to myself, 'Self, this might be why you have no audio with your DVDs.' And I was right! I tried my handy Star Wars Episode III after adjusting the volume and I had sound! And then moving the DVD screen aroudn with Beryl was just awesome.... So cool....
So the world was great...and I had to play with more settings...
now Xubuntu has no panels (so therefore no real controls), Beryl isn't working...and life is sad. You can read exactly what I did in this thread where where I'm begging for help.
Kubuntu works fine...so I may use it to try and uninstall Xubuntu...I'm praying that works. If not, I may be reinstalling ubuntu (and Xubuntu!) all over again...
Aaaaannnnnddddd...I was playing with the audio controls in Xubuntu and found where a video volume was turned all the way down. So I thought to myself, 'Self, this might be why you have no audio with your DVDs.' And I was right! I tried my handy Star Wars Episode III after adjusting the volume and I had sound! And then moving the DVD screen aroudn with Beryl was just awesome.... So cool....
So the world was great...and I had to play with more settings...
now Xubuntu has no panels (so therefore no real controls), Beryl isn't working...and life is sad. You can read exactly what I did in this thread where where I'm begging for help.
Kubuntu works fine...so I may use it to try and uninstall Xubuntu...I'm praying that works. If not, I may be reinstalling ubuntu (and Xubuntu!) all over again...
Monday, June 4, 2007
Office 2000 take 2 and finally sound for music...
Yeah, so I completely screwed up my Wine Office 2000 installation by trying to install Dreamweaver 2 through Wine. I found some crazy post on the ubuntu forums which had me copying whole Windows system folders from my XP installation to my Linux one...which (surprise, surprise!) killed my ability to use Office 2000 through wine. Brilliant, I am, brilliant.
I finally fixed everything by completely uninstalling wine, eSword, the internet explorer dealio which was recommended by the guide I used to install Office 2000, and the dreameweaver attmept I had made. After that, as well as another update to the wine program, I redid everything (up to Dreamweaver) and now Office 2000 works like a charm!
I also figured out a little bit of my sound problem. The issue was that I was hearing the ubuntu login sound whenever I started up my computer, but then could get no sound out of any of the media players (music or DVD). I found the sound settings and played around with them for a bit. I about scared myself out of my pants with the test tone when I got it right - didn't realize my volume was that loud...
So I can now play music - but still no sound for DVDs, no matter which player I use. I'm hoping it's not a codec setting or something. But when I do the test sound in the ubuntu sound settings menu, I get the tone for the 'movies' category, but when I'm playing a movie, no sound. I'll let ya know when I figure this one out.
Also...last but not least....fun with my printer. I thought ubuntu had automatically installed my printer when I installed the OS, but it hadn't. So after a couple of impatiently unsuccessful attempts, I decided to have a little patience with the detection program and it finally found the printer and installed it. I haven't tried to print anything yet...but here's to it working correctly!
I finally fixed everything by completely uninstalling wine, eSword, the internet explorer dealio which was recommended by the guide I used to install Office 2000, and the dreameweaver attmept I had made. After that, as well as another update to the wine program, I redid everything (up to Dreamweaver) and now Office 2000 works like a charm!
I also figured out a little bit of my sound problem. The issue was that I was hearing the ubuntu login sound whenever I started up my computer, but then could get no sound out of any of the media players (music or DVD). I found the sound settings and played around with them for a bit. I about scared myself out of my pants with the test tone when I got it right - didn't realize my volume was that loud...
So I can now play music - but still no sound for DVDs, no matter which player I use. I'm hoping it's not a codec setting or something. But when I do the test sound in the ubuntu sound settings menu, I get the tone for the 'movies' category, but when I'm playing a movie, no sound. I'll let ya know when I figure this one out.
Also...last but not least....fun with my printer. I thought ubuntu had automatically installed my printer when I installed the OS, but it hadn't. So after a couple of impatiently unsuccessful attempts, I decided to have a little patience with the detection program and it finally found the printer and installed it. I haven't tried to print anything yet...but here's to it working correctly!
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