I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but maybe someone can point in the right direction.
A few months ago I found a bargain on an older laptop, an Acer-Aspire 3680-2692. I put a 500 G harddrive in it and maxed the ram out to 2 Gig. I thought I might give FreeBSD a try without giving up Linux on my main computer. I installed it and one of the programs I wanted to run was VLC. I tried installing it from the ports and I wasn't sure which options to select or if their is guide to help with that. I recognized some of them, but some of them I guessed at. After a weekend of installing all of the dependecies and getting VLC installed, When I tried to play a video, I had sound but no picture. I should have asked for help back then.
Anyway I thought about trying that again and I wanted to know is there something that explains what all of the options are and helps me decide which ones I need?
A few months ago I found a bargain on an older laptop, an Acer-Aspire 3680-2692. I put a 500 G harddrive in it and maxed the ram out to 2 Gig. I thought I might give FreeBSD a try without giving up Linux on my main computer. I installed it and one of the programs I wanted to run was VLC. I tried installing it from the ports and I wasn't sure which options to select or if their is guide to help with that. I recognized some of them, but some of them I guessed at. After a weekend of installing all of the dependecies and getting VLC installed, When I tried to play a video, I had sound but no picture. I should have asked for help back then.
Anyway I thought about trying that again and I wanted to know is there something that explains what all of the options are and helps me decide which ones I need?
