Brenden Walker posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:53:24 -0500:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:35:18 -0700 > Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I finally got myself a DVD+/-R/RW-DL setup the other day, but don't >> know if it works yet because I didn't get media... >> >> Question. I see lots of stuff out there about getting the various >> drives and/or media to work, but what's better to work with on Linux, >> the plus media or the minus, and why? > > The media doesn't matter at all for linux compatability. Personally > when burning for set-top boxes I use -R media as it's a bit more > compatable with older players (my parents is really old ;-). > > I use whatever is cheaper for archival purposes, and I've found that +RW > media works okay in my set-top DVD player but -RW does not. So try > things and figure out what works for you. Thanks, everyone. Chose some media and things seem to be working in general. I was a bit disappointed that DVD+R doesn't handle simulated burns, but, oh, well... The next question... Using KMplayer with the xinelib backend, playing a commercial DVD is a bit funky. I see a bunch of files, and can click to play many of them, but they often start in the middle of what I /guess/ is called a "chapter". One of the files loads the menu, but it's static, not clickable. What do I need to play DVDs "right"? (I haven't the foggiest about CSS, either, except that if the ones I'm trying are encrypted, they may not be as they are legacy library stuff, 50s TV episodes and the like, from the Dollar store, they play OK anyway, just that I don't have any idea how to load the menu and start it from there.) I feel really wet behind the ears, here... <g> (For int'l users, that's a USian expression meaning kid or newbie, picture the Home Alone kid after taking his bath.) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html -- [email protected] mailing list
