[sf-lug] javacat

[jim]

   oops. bad manners me. sorry, 't was a mistake. 
damage done, maybe someone can answer mikki's 
question: how to configure the Totem movie player? 
   i hadn't tho't to use the web; here's a link 
to the totem site, which might have useful info: 
http://projects.gnome.org/totem/ 


On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 11:51 -0800, jim wrote:
> hiya, mikki, sorry for the delayed response. 
>    i know nothing about multi-media stuff such as 
> movie players. it's common that people who design 
> software put a preferences choice in the Edit menu, 
> so look there. 
>    also look in the File menu as well as in the 
> Help menu (be attentive in using Help, as the help 
> system is global to all apps--you can search your 
> way into features for some entirely different 
> software than that you're working with). 
>    the Ubuntu System menu has an Administration and 
> a Preferences sub-menu, so look there, too. 
> 
>    best you put your questions to the list, as there 
> are usually several people more skilled than i. 
>    as a matter of good manners, i do not forward your 
> queries to the list. here's the email address to put 
> in the To: heading if you want to put a question to 
> the list: 
> sf-lug at linuxmafia.com 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 14:22 -0800, Mikki McGee wrote:
> > Hi; Jim;
> > 
> >     Thanks for the reminder.  
> > 
> >     I have a bit of problem, a luxury problem, so to speak.  There are
> > only two movies I care to see, rarely, and that was not possible this
> > last tie. The movie Soundtrack was in Spanish! and the Totem player
> > seems unable to access the setup menu I used to see with Windows, that
> > allowed me to change the soundtrack language.  The librarian was able
> > to change it to English, but this machine reverted to Spanish. And so
> > I guess:
> > 
> >     1)   That menu is not part of the DVD
> > 
> >     2)   It is part of Windows.
> > 
> >     3)   The default language for my Totem is Spanish?
> > 
> >     I bothered myself a bit about it, and returned the movie to the
> > library, as I was fed up.  I have better things to do than mess with a
> > dumb machine, when I am equally dumb about it, and don't wish to let
> > it be a time greedy challenge to me.
> > 
> >     Is there a way to access a change in soundtrack language, in
> > Totem?  It is an occasional thing, so not too important, but it did
> > bug me.
> > 
> > 
> > Bless All
> > 
> > Mikki
> > 
> > 
> > jim wrote: 
> > > thank you, alden. last time we met was at 
> > > cafe euro on geary at 26th. i suppose we 
> > > should use that as our meeting location, 
> > > at least for now (i.e. for monday). 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 10:25 -0800, Alden Meneses wrote:
> > >   
> > > > Looks like Javacat is for sale -
> > > > http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bfs/996455979.html
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > Sorry but I didn’t notice where are the meetups taking place now?
> > > > 
> > > > 
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