Much Thanks,
Mary

UPDATE: Thankyou 'Wharfrat' for your suggestion about the password

Mary
Mint comes equipped with a media player already installed. Are you having an issue playing a certain file?intelligence wrote: ⤴Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:38 pmI just installed the Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.2 32-bit program. I am now trying to install the media player, but I don't know how and which one to use. Can anyone helpme?
Much Thanks,
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There's no need, it's in the repos.
It's always good to research a program/application before installing it, no?
Not necessarily. Linux novices are usually steered towards repo software, for good reason. Non repo software not only may not work, installing it can break existing software, including the OS itself. Novices generally don't know how to avoid this.
Did I read this right? That it's not necessarily a good thing to do research before installing programs/making changes?Hoser Rob wrote: ⤴Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:36 amNot necessarily. Linux novices are usually steered towards repo software, for good reason. Non repo software not only may not work, installing it can break existing software, including the OS itself. Novices generally don't know how to avoid this.
In Mint 17.3 there was justification for installing the mcman ppa version of smplayer for HEVC support, but most beginners install the newest version and it's not necessary there.
However, if it's an old 32 bit machine running Cinnamon it may not play HEVC properly anyway. Which is why I asked for inxi output.
Given this statement, I have a hard time with untethered speculation about what kind of PC the Original Poster may or may not have and advice sending the Original Poster to obscure media players not in the current Mint software manager, that has to be installed by techniques they apparently are not familiar with:.intelligence wrote: ⤴Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:22 pmYes. When I click on it to download it asks me for a password for authenticity but we didn't put one in so I don't know how to get past that or even to set up a password.
Hubby and I are learning but as you can see we are not computer savvy. Thanks!
Mary