[plug] DVD player

[John Knight]

Sorry there, I was actually referring to hardware based decoder card 
playback, software playback is decent, although i wouldn't use it for quids 
after hardware.

KDE bloke


>
>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
>




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