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Article #73Re: play DVD ?
From: My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:09
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:09
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On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 18:16:39 -0500, "Bruce" <bjrobinson@yahoo.com> wrote: >Received a DVD at Christmas titled "Yes Sir - Jack >Nicholas And His Historic 1986 Masters Win". > >It won't play on my TV and it's not the first time as >I rented a DVD of 'Planet of the Apes' and it wouldn't >play either (although I got a different message). > >I just tried to play it on my PC and it roots me to the >Microsoft page saying that I have to buy a 'fix' or >upgrade to 'Windows 7' (from XP). > >All my own DVD's play ok on the TV. > >I just went into my Ubuntu partition and it plays there >ok - but I've had no sound in Ubuntu for some time. > >I'm getting to old to learn new tricks. Maybe I should >seek professional advice. > >Anyone ? Boot up a Knoppix Live CD or DVD. Install VLC and go! OR boot up an XBMC live disc, and that will do it too. Getting your sound up is likely a matter of a couple install or initiation commands. Thing is, it varies from system to system as to what sound system you are running.
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From: My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do <Tzu@hereforlongtime.org>
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Subject: Re: play DVD ?
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:09:39 -0800
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