Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: Neo on November 15, 2009, 06:42:14 PM
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Hi All,
I have 8 different Linux distro's installed and running on my machine.
I would like to use Tiny Core when I just need to do some quick surfing.
As a result I would like to use Firefox to view on-line videos (full screen) and listen to on-line radio.
I installed VLC but even when I point to it from FF it does not work.
I simply get a message saying that downloads have been completed.
Here is a link to the on-line radio that I am trying to listen to:
http://www.sky.fm/the80s/
I click on the music type that I want to hear, then MP3 stream, then broadband.
It is here that FF gives me the option to brows to the correct program to use.
My path is sda11 > tce > vlc.tcl
Nothing happens.
In my other Linux distros the path is USR > BIN > VLC
With Tiny Core I don't see just VLC, but the file with the .tcl extension or one with that plus .deb
I have VLC installed and it appears as an icon at the bottom of the screen so I don't know why it won't work.
I have alsa installed and have run config in the terminal.
I have also installed MPlayer but that won't work either.
For videos, it tells me that I need Flash and I have read that you have to install Flash 9 manually.
Well I can't even download it.
I click on the file and select save, but FF doesn't even ask me where to save (it should I have it set that way in the preferences).
I have tried to download it from several sources but no joy.
Can someone please help me out here.
I am sure TCL would be an amazing distro (I like how quickly it boots) if only I could get it working properly.
I would greatly appreciate any help that you may give.
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For Flash, get the extension getflash10.tcz, then run it after installing/mounting. that will put flash on TC. Restart the browser.
I use OSS not alsa and everything works fine; I have a eeepc, so quite modern but OSS works very well.
I'm not sure is that will get vlc working for you; I have only used it on local files.
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I click on the music type that I want to hear, then MP3 stream, then broadband.
It is here that FF gives me the option to brows to the correct program to use.
My path is sda11 > tce > vlc.tcl
Change the path to /usr/local/bin/vlc
In Tiny Core, the first location to check for binaries is /usr/local/bin
(Or the files tab of the application you want to install from appbrowser.)
The files in your tce directory ending with .tcz .tczl and .tczm are compressed archives.
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I click on the music type that I want to hear, then MP3 stream, then broadband.
It is here that FF gives me the option to brows to the correct program to use.
My path is sda11 > tce > vlc.tcl
Change the path to /usr/local/bin/vlc
In Tiny Core, the first location to check for binaries is /usr/local/bin
(Or the files tab of the application you want to install from appbrowser.)
The files in your tce directory ending with .tcz .tczl and .tczm are compressed archives.
Thanks, I was not using "Local" in the path name.
Now it works Great!
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For Flash, get the extension getflash10.tcz, then run it after installing/mounting. that will put flash on TC. Restart the browser.
I use OSS not alsa and everything works fine; I have a eeepc, so quite modern but OSS works very well.
I'm not sure is that will get vlc working for you; I have only used it on local files.
Okay I used Appbrowser to install getflash10.tcz, but when I restart the browser it still tells me that I need to install Flash.
Do I need to reboot the computer ala Windows?
EDIT: Nope restarting doesn't help.
How do you run it after installing it?
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For Flash, get the extension getflash10.tcz, then run it after installing/mounting. that will put flash on TC. Restart the browser.
I use OSS not alsa and everything works fine; I have a eeepc, so quite modern but OSS works very well.
I'm not sure is that will get vlc working for you; I have only used it on local files.
Okay I installed it and found it under applications.
I clicked on GetFlash10 and it opens a terminal and says it's downloaded and ready to install.
Then it closes the terminal without doing anything else.
I opened the browser and no joy - it still tells me I need to install Flash.
I'll try opening a terminal, but I only know how to do "Apt-get install" and don't know if that will work in Tiny Core.
Any help would be most appreciated.
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Okay, it looks like you have to restart and also select backup at the same time (could someone please confirm this).
I can now view the videos, but not in full screen.
Is there anyway to do this?
Please let me know if there is.