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Re: [gNewSense-users] problem playing DVD's
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Ted Smith |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] problem playing DVD's |
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Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:07:17 -0500 |
No, "ripping" usually means copying the music off of the CD to files on
your computer.
On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 12:02 +1800, Bubba cakes wrote:
> Is "ripping a CD" the same as burning music onto a CD?
>
> I rent DVD's sometimes, but usually I check them out from my local
> library in Ausable Forks, NY. Or a friend will lend me DVDs.
>
> I couldn't find VLC Media Player. I went to Add/Remove Programs and
> did a search. Then I went to the SPM (Synaptic Package Manager) and
> did a search. And finally I went to the gNS website and did a search.
> The thing doesn't exist. But I downloaded Kaffeine, and the
> ffsomethings plugins, and another plugin that showed in a search, and
> the dvd started playing, so I have totem and kaffeine, and both play
> Road Trip. We'll see if it still works when i return home on Sunday
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Ted Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 23:20 +0800, Koh Choon Lin wrote:
> > > However, I think buying CD's would be safe, as they're
> pretty easy to
> > > rip, and no rootkit could run on GNU/Linux. Are CD's
> encrypted in the
> > > same sense that DVD's are?
> >
> > Rootkits certainly can run on a GNU system.
> >
> >
>
> Correct. What I meant was, no rootkit (distributed by Sony and
> probably
> for Windows) could install from ripping a CD. Unless you were
> ripping
> the CD as root for some reason.
>
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- Re: [gNewSense-users] problem playing DVD's, Ali Gunduz, 2009/01/23
- Re: [gNewSense-users] problem playing DVD's, Koh Choon Lin, 2009/01/23
- Re: [gNewSense-users] problem playing DVD's, Bubba cakes, 2009/01/23
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- Re: [gNewSense-users] problem playing DVD's, Ted Smith, 2009/01/24
- Re: [gNewSense-users] problem playing DVD's, Koh Choon Lin, 2009/01/24
- Re: [gNewSense-users] problem playing DVD's, Ted Smith, 2009/01/24
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