--- Murali Parth <muralinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Get libxml2 from http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/1619363/com/libxml2-devel-2.6.16-5_17.rhfc3.at.i386.rpm.html hope this resolves that issue. Regards, Antonio Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html
