From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 16:21:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E3D16A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:21:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailgate2.nau.edu (mailgate2.nau.edu [134.114.96.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 720D343D45 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:20:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Eric.Podany@NAU.EDU) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.mailgate2.nau.edu by mailgate2.nau.edu (PMDF V6.2-X17 #30770) id <0HS600D015TH1K@mailgate2.nau.edu> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:20:33 -0700 (MST) Received: from ericldjyh5q5k0 ([134.114.55.154]) by mailgate2.nau.edu (PMDF V6.2-X17 #30770) with SMTP id <0HS600H0O8XMY9@mailgate2.nau.edu> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:22:34 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:23:25 -0700 From: Eric Podany To: "FreeBSD, Newbies" Message-id: <001e01c3e52c$905754b0$9a377286@ericldjyh5q5k0> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: DVD Playback X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:21:02 -0000 Hello all, I'm even more of a newbie than most on this mailing list, so forgi= ve my ignorance. I'm trying to switch from W2k to FreeBSD, so I need= to get a few integral pieces working, and I'll figure out the detail= s later. I've been looking at the ports listing, and found a few DVD player= s - mplayer, kplayer, and ogle. Any recommendations on what to use? = Kplayer says it is for use with KDE, but I can't remember what windo= w manager I am using. How do I check that out? And also, how do I download the ports to my machine? I've found d= ocumentation on pkg_add stuff, but I'm still feeling tentative about = it. And will the ports integrate themselves into the window manager = automatically after I download them, or do I need to set that up as w= ell? A brief summary: 1) Any recommendations on what dvd player to use? 2) How do I find out what window manager I am using? 3) How do I download ports to my machine? 4) Will the ports integrate themselves into the window manager automa= tically after I download them? Thanks in advance for any help, I really appreciate it. ~ Eric