[ale] substitutes for MS Media Player & QuickTime Player ?

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Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Are there Linux substitutes and if yes, how compatible are they   ?
> 

to follow up (using debian or ubuntu and after changing your sources.list):

(from the terminal)

apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins gstreamer0.8-lame
gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg lame sox ffmpeg mjpegtools vorbis-tools w32codecs

(then after that is finished do this from the terminal)
gst-register-0.8

also you will need to install libdvdcss to read encrypted DVDs.

be aware that this is from my notes and there are most likely newer
versions of the programs.

to see if that is the case, in a terminal do "apt-cache search
libdvdcss" and "apt-cache search gstreamer" to see the current versions
of those programs.