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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #20 on: August 15, 2015, 02:33:44 PM »
 

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That's cool.  VLC comes pre-loaded with LL, so maybe it got uninstalled at some point.
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2015, 02:20:35 PM »
 

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I just downloaded vlc and they play fine now.
Thanks for taking the time to help me.

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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2015, 01:09:27 PM »
 

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2GB should be fine if you're on 32bit version of LL.  I am somewhat familiar with WinFF.  I thought it was more of a converter than a player?  What are you using to play the videos? 

I had a problem with video using VLC Media Player at one time.  When I fiddled with the Video Preferences (under the Tools menu), I was able to overcome my issue. 
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2015, 12:51:42 PM »
 

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I have 2 gb of ram(don't know how 256 got there) and I have tried winff,
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2015, 04:34:10 PM »
 

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Ok.  You're now able to get to Lite Software.  So that's some progress.  And you can use Lite Software to reinstall Openshot whenever you'd like.

What are you using to view movies?  Is it VLC?

Do you really have 256MB of RAM as listed in your forum profile?
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2015, 04:23:52 PM »
 

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I unchecked the only file pertaining to openshot and ran lite software.
It gave me options to install or uninstall and exit. I exited and ran updates first.

I ran updates and then lite software, restricted extras was already installed but I installed it again, rebooted and still cannot view movies.

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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2015, 01:31:56 AM »
 

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Sorry I'm just now seeing your latest response.  Are you still getting the Failed to fetch errors on those ppa lines?  If so, can you uncheck the related entries in your Update Sources?

Go to Software & Updates (Menu->All->Software & Updates).  Uncheck those http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/...... entries under the Other Software tab.  Just the ones relating to openshot.

If you can't get Lite Software to open after that, then for added measure, can you post that lite-software.log file?
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2015, 09:22:44 AM »
 

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removed openshot, rebooted, ran updates still get the error msg. when I run lite software.
"Updating sources has failed.

Refer to /var/log/lite-software.log

for more information."
and lite software never opens.

GC
« Last Edit: August 11, 2015, 05:02:04 PM by Hardcoretexan »
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2015, 05:25:29 PM »
 

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If you can get the Install/Remove Software app to open (Menu->System->Install/Remove Software), you can uninstall Openshot that way, too.  Within Install/Remove Software, search for openshot.  Mark for removal anything with the word openshot in the package name.  Then apply your changes.

    * When done, close that window. 
    * Reboot
    * Run Install Updates to see if it runs cleanly. 
    * If it does, then Lite Software may open cleanly.
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2015, 05:19:12 PM »
 

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Have you tried uninstalling Openshot?

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sudo apt-get purge openshot
Or have you tried going into Software & Updates (Menu->All->Software & Updates) and unchecking those http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/...... entries under the Other Software tab?

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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2015, 01:53:26 PM »
 

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I did this again and got the same results after running the lite software I  got the error msg."Updating sources has failed.

Refer to /var/log/lite-software.log

for more information."

Also after running the two commands seperately  in the terminal I had this error msg.
"W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2015, 01:14:29 PM »
 

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I addressed that earlier in this thread.

Try this.  Open up a terminal (Menu->Accessories->Terminal).  Copy and paste in the following two lines, one at a time.


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sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update


Then try opening Lite Software (Menu->System->Lite Software).

If the above doesn't work, then try the following.
1) Reboot.  (Menu->All->Turn Off Computer) and then select Restart.
2) After rebooting and you're back at your desktop, make sure no other window is opened and run Install Updates (Menu->Favorites->Install Updates).
3) When updates are done, close any windows associated with installing the updates.
4) Then try opening Lite Software (Menu->System->Lite Software).
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2015, 11:56:44 AM »
 

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When I run lite software I still get the following error message
"Updating sources has failed.

Refer to /var/log/lite-software.log

for more information."
And I don't know what to do to correct this or how to view/correct this log.

GC
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2015, 10:19:25 AM »
 

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As I mentioned in an earlier post within this thread, it seems you need to install the Restricted Extras.  They can be found in Lite Software.

You should also see if there are any Additional Driver options in the Install Drivers app.
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Re: 800x600 is the only setting for my desktop
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2015, 10:03:31 AM »
 

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Now my desktop is back to normal but I cannot play any videos again, I tried wmv. avi  and mp4s they all have sound but a blurred frozen video.

GC
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