[plug] DVD player

[John Knight]

DVD playback is an absolute bugger under Linux! The Hollywood+ chipset and 
Creatives DXR2/3 chipsets are both supported but I'm not game enough to go 
through the installation process for my Videologic card (Hollywood+ based)!

If it's a Hollywood+ howto that you're after, check out 
www.suse.co.uk/uk/support/howto/mpeg/index.html. The most common card 
nowdays is the Videologic card that I use, it's got good support.


Here hold on, you mean a DVD-ROM drive. Bloody hell, doesn't anyone know the 
difference between the two? Ask for a DVD and someone'll say "What movie?", 
not ask what sodding brand you want! Nnngnnnnnnnnnngggg! Sorry, I get rather 
emotional about that issue, never mind.

Yes, CD-Rs are fine (you always use CD-Rs!), but CD-RWs are a different 
story. I shelled out an extra $40 to get a drive that had no worries with RW 
media, I chose Diamond Data (from Mitsubishi).

I'm not really sure how they're treated because I' using SuSE, and it's not 
hardcore! I'm pretty certain that it'd be treated as an IDE device though.

KDE guy (who uses Window Maker!)

>
>Has anyone had a good experience with a DVD under Linux?
>
>Are they available with onboard decoding which is zone free?
>
>Are they able to read CDRs ok?
>
>Do you just treat them as an IDE device? (Makes sense to me)
>
>Any traps or tips?
>
>Regards
>
>Garry.
>




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