one of the things i initially liked about Linux Mint was it was out of the box easier to set up than Ubuntu... detected, mounted and dual-booted the WindowsXP hard drive, and the codecs where included - allowing me to play almost everything ive thrown at it.
my question now is: What codecs are actually included with mint and what does each one do? is there a list somewhere?
thanks
question about codecs packaged with mint
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Re: question about codecs packaged with mint
is there a package list of mint vs mint lite???
i would like to know which packages are packed with mint and what each package is actually for.
i would like to know which packages are packed with mint and what each package is actually for.
Re: question about codecs packaged with mint
oops ill be specific
the packages in mint that are not in mint lite...
the packages in mint that are not in mint lite...
Re: question about codecs packaged with mint
linux for me has been about having choices or at least the option of changing what is prepackaged with a system...
I know Mint comes with the codecs pre-packaged.. but do i necessarily want ALL the codecs???? If i was to start say from Mint-lite... i am aware that i could just grab the metapackage for gstreamer or xine and w32codecs and libdvdcss2... that would more than likely allow me to play anyhing i want. But again do i need all of it???? On old computers with no DVD drives or CD-RW or tiny hard drives these things matter. Why have codecs you dont need (or cant use).
if you do a Debian or Ubuntu (maybe a Mint one will come in the future) base install - you dont have these multimedia packages installed... To simply drop a codec metapackage that gives you everything defeats the purpose of a minimal install where you control what goes into your system.
Mint has been good in that it has allowed me to play 99% of media formats without doing anything to it. id like to see why...
I could dpkg -l and go through every package... but i know I WILL miss a few things.
Hence i am here asking if there is a list... hopefully someone from the development team can help out.
I know Mint comes with the codecs pre-packaged.. but do i necessarily want ALL the codecs???? If i was to start say from Mint-lite... i am aware that i could just grab the metapackage for gstreamer or xine and w32codecs and libdvdcss2... that would more than likely allow me to play anyhing i want. But again do i need all of it???? On old computers with no DVD drives or CD-RW or tiny hard drives these things matter. Why have codecs you dont need (or cant use).
if you do a Debian or Ubuntu (maybe a Mint one will come in the future) base install - you dont have these multimedia packages installed... To simply drop a codec metapackage that gives you everything defeats the purpose of a minimal install where you control what goes into your system.
Mint has been good in that it has allowed me to play 99% of media formats without doing anything to it. id like to see why...
I could dpkg -l and go through every package... but i know I WILL miss a few things.
Hence i am here asking if there is a list... hopefully someone from the development team can help out.
Re: question about codecs packaged with mint
ok let me be exact...i dont want to be misunderstood
its not necessarily each and every codec....its more the packages im concerned about
its not necessarily each and every codec....its more the packages im concerned about