[plug] DVD player

[Anthony Jones]

On Wednesday 06 February 2002 20:47, John Knight wrote:
> 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)!

I dispute that DVD playback is an absolute bugger under Linux - I use Xine 
(http://xine.sourceforge.net) on my Toshiba Laptop (with internal DVD drive). 
It's so much better than the Windows player. I do concur with Pete - dvd-nav 
(http://dvd.sourceforge.net) is good. There's a bit of shagging 'round 
because you have to install libdvdcss and libdvdread (from memory) but this 
is mainly because of everyone's fear of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright 
Act).

I've got a Savage4 - note that you need a video card which has Xv support on 
XWindows to make it worthwhile. You can download and test xine before 
purchasing a drive. You also get better sync if you have an Alsa supported 
sound card rather than an OSS one.

> 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.

Get over it.

Anthony