I've seen xine running quite nicely
on a compaq laptop dvd.  It was even bug
compatible to a dvd player on win-xp!
(didn't show some menus)


andrew fries wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 15:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> 
>>Secondly, are there any decent DVD drivers out there that will 
>>allow me to watch my vast collection of DVD's (one disk) on my 
>>computer and on my TV through the NVIDIA card?
> 
> 
> there 4 major DVD players for Linux: mplayer, ogle, xine and videolan.
> At one time or another I tried them all. I tried versions installed on
> my system by default, I tried installing RPMs where I could find them,
> and I tried to compile others. Result? One by one they crashed (some
> aactually locking up my system) or failed with some frustrating and
> obscure (for me at least) error*. I yet have to see a DVD playing on my
> system - I have to believe it *is* possible to get this working, but
> clearly this is not a good project for a newbie to ease into Linux.
> Frankly, this whole DVD deal has to rate as one of the most frustrating
> experiences I've ever had, on any platform...
> 
> oh, the obligatory disclaimer: YMMV...
> 
> *case in point: xine as installed by mandrake 8.2 comes up with "there
> is no available input plugin available to handle 'dvd"//VIDEO_TS.VOB"
> ... huh?
> 
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