Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2007/04/03 03:03 (GMT-0500) dwain apparently typed:
>
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>> You can have amtrax and kaffine and xmms. The best media player out
>> there is vlc. I have it on my Windows box and now I have it for Linux;
>> and I thought it was only for Windows. Encrypted DVDs, no problem.
>> It's got all the codecs you need. I'm one happy newbie Linux user. Got
>> my jazz radio going on and passing on some hopefully good information.
>> If you want it Google, vlc project; the download and install
>> instructions are all there.
>>
>
> I've been thoroughly displeased with Kaffeine, so upon seeing this thread I
> immediately installed vlc. 10.2/packman/guru installation seemed to go
> normally, but vlc refuses to do anything other than open, close, and switch
> the equalizer on and off. So I'm still looking for a Linux DVD player that
> isn't a POS.
>
I got my install from the download instructions at
http://www.videolan.org/ They have the latest version 0.86.1a. To view
your dvd select File/Open Disc. Make sure your dvd player is in the
Customize box under Advanced Options and clik OK. The DVD should start
shortly after that.
Cheers,
Dwain
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