On 5/8/05, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Toralf Lund <toralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > >Others in list have reported sucess with Totem. > > You > > >just need certain packages and it will work. If I > > >remember correctly something like gstreamer???? and > > >other plugins will make it work. > > > > > > > > What I was trying to say, was that I already tried > > this, and it still > > won't play my DVDs.. > > I'm sorry that it won't work for you. This had been > an in issue for me and now thank god, it has gone > away. Sometimes its the hardware that give problems. > > > > > > >[ ... ] > > > > > > > > > > > >Sorry to add to tbe discussion, but I have a few > > >remarks to add, I have both xine, and MPlayer on my > > >pcs and I don't have any problems. Most Dvd's play > > >without a hiccup. > > > > > > > > How do you define "most"? > > By "most" I mean encrypted dvd's and standard dvd's. > To make it work for "most" if not all, we use > libdvdcss2. And that takes care of that problem. > > > > >There are the frontends for xine > > >http://xinehq.de/index.php/download > > >I can't complain about the frontend for xine the > > >xine-ui might not be the best but it works! > > > > > >To install xine I obtain the rpms from > > >http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/. > > >I follow almost all the instructions there. you > > can > > >get RealPlayer and install the w32codecs to play > > >windows media/quicktime and other formats. > > > > > >As for MPlayer, you can install kplayer which is a > > >nice frontend for MPlayer. > > > > > >I have no complains as both players work for me and > > as > > >far as ogle is concerned, it never worked for me. > > I > > >tried it in Mandrake, and Fedora Core 2 and 3 and > > it > > >did not work. They say it is real good, but it > > never > > >worked for me. So I can't rate it. > > > > > > > > Really? My experience has been exactly the opposite. > > Ogle has generally > > worked, but I've had all sorts of problems with the > > others - especiall > > mplayer. I've mainly tested it on network streams > > etc., though, and for > > those it will generally crash, hang or just give me > > a black screen at > > some point during the playback. As for DVDs, I think > > that when I tried a > > while back, I had a hard time finding out how > > exactly to tell mplayer it > > what to play - DVD menu support was non-existant. > Yes, MPlayer does not have DVD menu support, to get > that though we can still use MPlayer codecs for > xine-ui, kaffeine, or probably totem itself. I have > kplayer installed as a frontend to MPlayer and type > dvd://1 and watch the movie, therefore avoiding the > previous and other stuff. > > Regards, > > Antonio > > > Right now, it won't > > display anything except the initial blue screen if I > > select "Open DVD". > > It then crashes as I right-click on the video > > window. That's with the > > Gtk frontend, and using mplayerhq's own packages. > > > > I did get some problems with Ogle right now, though, > > after upgrading all > > the libdvd stuff etc. in an attempt to get the other > > players to work. > > I'm investing the issue... Hello I inserted my DVD and started xine and clicked on DVD .It started the video and sound initially and after the first scene everything vanished.That's my experience recently. I downloaded ogle and all dependent libraries including 'libxml2' which is an essential one , but the installation ogle-gui says it cannot find a valid libxml2 . Any clues please ? Murali
