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acer aspire one linux video playback probs

(4 posts)
  • Started 2 years ago by uklarka
  • Latest reply from TechieDiva
  1. Posted by: uklarka
    Member

    hi

    i have an accer aspire one with linux i don't know what i've done but it's stopped playing videos e.g. bbc iplayer all of a sudden, it will still play youtube video, please help :-)

    Posted 2 years ago #
  2. Posted by: morrislee
    Moderator

    Have you tried using VLC player instead?

    Posted 2 years ago #
  3. Posted by: uklarka
    Member

    thanks for the reply

    i'm not sure what VLC player is

    i must have done something to stop it from working - i really don't know what though..aargh!

    Posted 2 years ago #
  4. Posted by: TechieDiva
    Moderator

    here is a guide for installation of VLC.

    http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/11/installing-vlc-09-on-aspire-one-linux.html

    however, you might be better off backing up your data and reloading to factory default. most likely some of the library dependencies are now broken which is why you cannot play files.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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