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? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > "I'm out of bed and I'm dressed, what more do you want?" > - spotted on a T-shirt > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
