OK, Stop everything.... First, Why won't it play on windows.... Because you have to have either a codec or a player installed... PERIOD. If you buy an OEM DVD-Rom it will not come with the software you need. You have to purchase it separately. (unless you are getting hacked versions of PowerDVD or WinDVD, which you shouldn't) Why does it work on a player? Because when you buy the player it comes with both the hardware and software (on a chip) to play.
Why won't it play on Linux... This thread has been going on and on and you have been given the details. First go here: http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/60/ Then READ what it is telling you. The directions are very very plain. This guide is the easiest one I have ever come across. In the past I have had to go through all of the pain you are attempting by finding not only the codecs, but the non-crippled versions of they players. They have added the ones (both codecs and players) that you need to the repositories that are listed in the article. As was said in the past, you are making this harder for yourself than you need to. Have you read any of the links others have provided? This one above was sent to you about 3 times. Is there some disconnect? On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 01:20 -0600, Greg Wallace wrote: > I've never played a DVD on my Linux machine and would like to know how. > I've attempted to play one with the 4 different players that are installed > on my machine. No luck with any of them. Here are the results -- > > Kaffiene -- Nothing but a black screen comes up, though the timer seems to > indicate that it is playing (clock is running) > > Noatune -- Crashes with signal 11 (SIGSEGV) > > RealPlayer -- Crashes saying "The player does not have the capabilities to > play back this content". Under details it says "Unknown Fileformat" > > Xine -- Says "The stream " filename " use an unsupported codec: Audio > codec: AC3 (0x0). Start playback anyway?" If I click "Yes", I get a black > screen, similar to what I see under Kaffiene. > > Do I need to install some additional software to get this to work? If I try > to play it on my doze machine it says I need to purchase a decoder. Why the > hell should I have to buy a decoder to play something that plays in the > DVD/VCR machine? I'm just trying to play it, not make copies of it or > anything like that, so what's the diff? > > Thanks, > Greg Wallace > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
