On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:13:32 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All, > > I have search around and I cannot figure how to use my new DVD drive under Linux. > > I have SuSE 7.3 Pro with xine-0.9.4 installed. I have a i810 Celeron mobo > w/Celeron 366 CPU and kde 2.2.1 installed. I have an ide CDROM @ /dev/hdb > and a 10X DVD @ /dev/hdd. I have put a movie in the DVD drive, but it will > not play nor is it recognized under xine. I have put hdd=ide-scsi on the > command line and have ide-scsi module installed. The start up messages show > the DVD @ /dev/hdd. I have symlinked /dev/hdd to /dev/dvd (or should this > be rdvd?). > > What or where is a step x step to show how to get this running? I am tired of > the choppiness of windows PowerDVD 3.0 and am hoping Linux is a better > choice for viewing DVD's. > > Thanks in advance. > > Keith B.
I managed to play a DVD (OK, it was a kid's Babar DVD from a cereal box) under Linux (redhat7.2) for the first time lastnight. First I grabbed Ogle and dependencies: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ogle/ follow the link to the ogle download page: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/downloads.shtml and follow the directions there. The install is painless if you use an RPM based distro... Second, I have a CD-RW and a DVD (as hdc and hdd) seen as /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 (zero and one) so I had to make a link: ln -s /dev/scd1 /dev/dvd. next, disable automount if it's running... After that I popped in the disk, opened ogle and ->File -> Open disk, started the disk playing. I would imagine that as developement progresses it will get better but for now, there are a few problems (that I encountered): * it played right past the menu to the first track on the disk I used to test this. * play is not 100% jitter-free * full screen works but couldn't find a way to quit besides <ctrl>+<alt>+<backspace> With Xine, I could see the files on the dvd (xine-0.9.6) using the playlist viewer but got a blank, black screen when I pressed the play button - I even waited several minutes. FWIW my hardware is: Shuttle AK-31 motherboard AMD Athlon 1.4Ghz 512 MB DDR RAM 266Mhz FSB nVidia GeForce2 400MX 64MB SB Live! LG 16x DVD LG 16x10x40 CDR-RW 15GB Maxtor ATA 100 (/boot and /) 40GB IBM ATA 100 (swap and /home) HTH -- Myles Green Calgary AB Canada Alberta Linux Step by Step Mirror: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mylesg/ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
