On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 19:32 -0500, Jim wrote: > what are the switches you are using in xine? are there ones for mplayer > i just ran threw a few dvds and none of the play they all end with .vob > i keep getting a error " seek failed" > > I just did a full reinstall. To get xine to play DVDs I installed the following (some already installed, some added). I am not sure all are needed, but with all installed it works. [jeff@goliath ~]$ rpm -qa \*xine\* \*dvd\* libdvdcss-1.2.8-4.1.fc3.rf streamdvd-0.4-1.1.fc3.rf libdvdnav-devel-0.1.10-2.1.fc3.rf libdvdplay-1.0.1-4.1.fc3.rf libdvdcss-devel-1.2.8-4.1.fc3.rf xine-lib-1.0.0-0.16.rc7.1.fc3.rf dvdbackup-0.1.1-1.1.fc3.rf dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-2 libdvdread-devel-0.9.4-5.1.fc3.rf libdvdplay-devel-1.0.1-4.1.fc3.rf xine-0.99.2-1.1.fc3.rf dvdauthor-0.6.10-1.1.fc3.rf libdvdnav-0.1.10-2.1.fc3.rf libdvdread-0.9.4-5.1.fc3.rf to play the DVD I had to create a symlink for /dev/dvd # ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd (your device name in place of hdc) I also had to change permissions on /dev/hdc from 660 to 666. This is with a fully updated FC3 install. NOTE: You do not need to read the DVD as a filesystem, nor attempt to play the individual files. Once all the above is done, I just launch xine from the command line, select the dvd button, and watch the movie. HTH PS: As Alexander has asked, please - 1) do not top post, 2) strip unneeded parts of the quote from your message, and 3) enjoy the fun of Linux.
