FC5 - with no internet

I have fedora core 5, and it does everything I want, apart from playing videos.
Is it possible to make it play videos, without the internet , coz apparently yum and pup need internet.

I would have thought that the codecs necessary were available on the FC5 CD's.

I have mplayer and vlc RPM's on a CD, im pretty sure that VLC comes with all the necessary codecs or whatever I am missing.

Somebody said i should try this in a Command Line:

rpm -ivh 'filename'.rpm

Would that work?
Any help would be appreciated.

I have internet on this computer (2MBps), but my new computer has no internet, until I get a wireless router.

It is my new computer I am using FC5 on, unfortunately.

I will try putting all those files on a CD, thank you for your reply.

Nope, dont have a CAT5 patch cord, but dont worry, I will have my router on 18th, so its not that big a problem.

Thank you for the offer.

Yes , but it is all abit too much for me to learn.

Anyway I have started using blag linux, based on FC3 i think, it plays movies so it is ok, problem is solved.

Thank you for all your help.

BTW , I have got xine and vlc working on FC5, by bringing PC downstairs to borrow the modem and doing a install using internet.
Works great.

But xine runs abit slowly sometimes , it gives a message that says 'dropped frames too high, machine too highly loaded, slow machine or program not configured correctly'.

My machine has 512MB RAM and an A64 3200+ , so it is not too slow, I am going to upgrade to 1GB , but still 512MB should be enough, so I'm pretty sure it a setting that is at fault.

I'm scared to experiment with graphics settings beacause I changed the graphics driver from vesa to nv the other day (not in xine, in the FC5 settings) and I had to reinstall FC5 ( the screen was all messed up, didnt know how to roll back graphics drivers)

Any ideas what xine settings i should experiment with?

BTW - I am doing this message on FC5, much easier than I expected , to use the internet on FC5

I would prefer you give me a few command line instructions on how to fix graphic driver settings, that way I can learn it better for the future ( I have started learning some command line instructions form linuxcommand.org).

When I messed up my graphics driver, I inserted CD1 of the FC5 install discs, and used the boot option 'linux rescue'.
It led me to a CLI but I had no idea what to do.

As for xine, I have researched on the xine website (along with the error mesage, it gave me a link to their FAQ), and I have a few things to try:
1 - Using xv driver
2 - hdparm /dev/hda
3 - typing xine-check in a CLI
4 - And a few settings to play with.

When I changed the driver I changed it to where it said 'nv' on the monitor and graphics card controls, not sure which version. I only have a 6600GT, so I assumed that nv drivers would work. They were originally vesa before I changed it.

Also it could be a while until I can connect my FC5 PC to the internet again because that means taking my computer downstairs and borrowing my family's modem. I'll have my wifi router on 18th, so theres no point getting any LAN set up. Once I have that I will have my FC5 on internet permanently.

When I next connect it to internet I will get the Nvidia drivers from nvidia website.

I typed in xine-check and apparently the X server doesnt seem to like the graphics card, so hopefully the new drivers should sort it.

I just wanted to post for everyones information.

The reason FC5 doesnt come standard with most video formats is because they are proprietary. FC5 only uses open source apps upon install.

@linux_0
I will be PMing you. I am working on setting up a Linux server at work. I have never set a server up using Linux. I have talked the powers that be into this, and now am trying to get all my ducks in a row.

Lata all for now,
JS