Jason Rennie wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking about replacing my CD player with a DVD/CD player (IDE).
> > Any Linux dramas with this on RH6.x. Anyone got brand name suggestions.
>
> They work, and the dvd ioctls are supported etc, so you'll be able to read
> DVD computer disks etc, but AFAIK there is no nice way to play DVD movies
> without a supported hardware accelerator.
The LiViD <http://www.linuxvideo.org> people are getting tantalisingly
close to a working DVD movie player for Linux. I've got video working
fine, audio is still a bit choppy. Be worth having a look at their pages
before you buy a DVD drive. From memory, Matrox and Creative are the
ones to go for.
Tom
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