I wrote a tutorial (a basic copy-paste of some yum commands) on how to quickly install all codecs etc in a Fedora box.

http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/06/fedora-post-installation-configurations.html

You can play DVDs and DivX and H.264 and MP4 a few minutes after installing Fedora with this tutorial.

Regards,
Avi

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Satyajit Ranjeev <satyajit@nerdshack.com> wrote:
hi,

why don't we create an add on disk or something like that so normal
users can download this too and install the codecs and drivers etc. Now
i do realize it has to be unofficial but hows the idea?

I am working in a school right now as a systems administrator, a
programmer and a teacher. I want to install fedora and install the
educational softwares too. I am hoping we could come up with a
educational spin ( I realize there is something similar to that but as I
see its concentrating towards mathematics) like the edubuntu.

Satyajit



On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 16:16 +0530, Shambo Bose wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:54 AM, "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)"
> <foss.mailinglists@gmail.com> wrote:
>         Zachary Oglesby wrote:
>         > Sankarshan (¸™Í•°Í·£) wrote:
>         >> Shambo Bose wrote:
>         >
>         >>> I have also faced some questions from fedora users in my
>         locality that :
>         >>> why mp3 music and some video formats cannot be played out
>         of the box ?
>         >> And how did you respond to such questions ?
>         >
>         > Tell them the importance of free software and have them read
>         about it on
>         > the GNU.org. Explain why patents are holding back software
>         development
>         > and help them to understand why Fedora holds freedom so
>         high.
>
>
>         Ah yes, I was more curious as to how Shambo responds to this
>         questions -
>         the notion being to figure out whether the end users are
>         comprehending
>         such concepts.
>
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> Hi,
>
>
> I am currently telling users either convert their videos and other
> media format to ogg or I am recommending them to use the package which
> Movie player recommends to use .
>
> Thank You.
>
> your sincerely,
>
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