RE: [SLUG] Quicktime for DVD Viewing in Linux

From: Mikes work account (mrock@stewartsigns.com)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 11:29:56 EST


I have successfully used Xine but it does not support all Codecs. And
locating and downloading additional Codecs and then getting them to
work is not a piece of cake.

Michael C. Rock
Systems Analyst
Registered Linux User # 287973

"The time has come the walrus said to speak of many things,,,"
"Christians give up what they cannot keep to gain what they cannot lose"

-----Original Message-----
From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net] On Behalf Of Matt
Miller
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:17 AM
To: SLUG List
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Quicktime for DVD Viewing in Linux

On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 10:51, David R. Meyer wrote:
> I want to be able to view DVD's on my Red Hat 8.0 system, but don't
seem
> to locate a native Linux DVD player. I have seen some things on
> Quicktime using crossover, but that is about it.

Check out Xine and/or Mplayer. I recommend and use both. For Xine, I
believe you need to download an additional DeCSS plugin to view
encrypted DVDs.

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=xine
http://xinehq.de/
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/

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Matt Miller Systems Administrator MP TotalCare gpg public key id: 08BC7B06

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