On Sunday 08 October 2006 20:07, Horror Vacui wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:15:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Ron Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can anyone tell what software is best for playing DVDs on my computer and
> > where to get it? I currently am running SUSE with Gnome for my desktop.
>
> mplayer seems to be the most performant of all - used to play dvd's nice
> and smooth on my old computer where all others would display a twitching
> and jerking image. The graphical interface (gmplayer) isn't all that good,
> though - doing things like selecting tracks/chapters, audio tracks or
> subtitles requires too much navigation and clicking, and the playlist
> editor could be told to be plain idiotic, guaranteed not to work as you
> expect it to. Another thing about it is that it sometimes manages to crash
> so badly that it locks the video - but it could be a problem with my
> graphics chip driver.
>
> xine is nice, seems to have gotten more performant. Should be fine for
> playing dvd's, but I have the impression that mplayer can play files that
> xine sometimes can't.
>
> ogle was quite nice as I tried it (was the first one I could get to work
> back then), but the development seems to have staled. You could check it
> out, perhaps it works for you.
>
> Cheers
Just caught up with this thread.
What no one has said so far is that most distros do not ship with the ability
to play commercial DVDs "out of the box". This is to avoid legal issues in
certain countries.
You will have to install a package called libdvdcss. Google for a package that
is suitable for your particular distro. This is not a player, but it will
enable Mplayer, Ogle, Xine etc to play commercial DVD's.
Regards
Steve
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