Re: anyone playing DVDs?
hi ya...
we bought 2 of them Sigma design NetStream2000 video cards...
and installed their driver for the card...
- it promptly segfaults on rh-7.x
- we were trying to play the DVD movies onto the real TV screen
For which players can support Mpeg2 ( dvd )...
http://www.linux-Video.net
- see list of mpeg decoders
have fun
alvin
http://www.Linux-1U.net ...
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, S.Salman Ahmed wrote:
> >>>>> "Krzys" == Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca> writes:
> Krzys> Is anyone playing DVDs succesfully in linux?
>
> Yes, I am. I just got a brand new ASUS 12x DVD-ROM drive on Thursday. I
> used Xine to successfully play the "Gone in 60s" DVD that I rented a
> couple of days ago.
>
> Krzys> I've also recently gained access to a dvd-rom. Don't
> Krzys> remember the brand, does it matter? Options I'm currently
> Krzys> considering are
> Krzys>
> Krzys> 1) Sigma Hollywood hardware decoder + cheap ATI xpert98 video
> Krzys> card - not sure if Linux supports the Sigma decoder - not
> Krzys> sure what software to use for playback
> Krzys>
>
> Check the Linux hardware database to see which (if any) decoder cards
> are supported in Linux. Also check the websites of the various DVD
> players (and browse the mailing lists if you need more info).
>
> http://lhd.zdnet.com/
>
> Krzys> 2) Matrox G400 - does this card have a built-in decoder, or
> Krzys> some features that make DVD viewing easier? - assuming it
> Krzys> doesn't have a built-in decoder, what software to use for
> Krzys> playback? - Do I need to upgrade to XFree86 4.x to make it
> Krzys> work? Last time I tried X4 it broke a bunch of things
> Krzys> (e.g. DPMS).
>
> The G400 has hardware motion compensation (HWMC) support which helps a
> lot in video decoding, but it doesn't have an MPEG-2 decoder in. There
> are dedicated boards that do MPEG-2 and AC-3 (Dolby) decoding.
>
> Upgrading to XFree86-4 definitely helps because DVD playback software
> like Xine uses the XV (XVideo) extensions supported by XFree86-4 to
> provide _full-screen_ DVD playback.
>
> I was able to watch "Gone in 60s" on my PIII system with my Matrox G200
> card (which also has HWMC support) in full-screen. It was very nice!
>
> Krzys>
> Krzys> 3) Software decoder + cheap ATI xpert98 video card - what
> Krzys> software to use for playback? - is a PIII/500 fast enough?
> Krzys> what about a PIII/333?
> Krzys>
>
> Have a look at the webpages for the different players to get an idea for
> what types of hardware are supported. I'd say you're better off with at
> least the PIII/500.
>
> Xine is an excellent DVD player and I'd suggest you check it out first:
>
> http://xine.sourceforge.net/ (main website)
> http://xine.cjb.net/ (Xine resource page)
> http://www.nott.ac.uk/~psystrj/XINE-FAQ.html (unofficial FAQ)
>
> I didn't notice any dropped frames or audio/video syncing problems with
> xine-0.3.7, which is the current stable release of xine.
>
> VideoLan is another good DVD player, but I found that with VideoLan the
> playback would pause for about 1/4 of a second every little while. Not
> sure what that was due to.
>
> http://www.videolan.org/
>
> OMS (Open Media System) by the Livid (Linux Video) project is another
> DVD player. In comparison to Xine and VideoLan, I found this to be a
> very unuseable DVD player. There was very noticeable choppy video
> playback and the audio/video syncing was not that good. Also, there
> doesn't seem to be any seeking support in it, and I was able to lockup
> the omi GUI while trying to skip to different chapters.
>
> I have found Xine to be the best amongst the 3 DVD players I tried. Xine
> also lets you toggle the aspect ratio of the video and its full-screen
> feature is very nice.
>
> You'll also need a CSS-enabled plugin for Xine to playback encrypted
> DVDs, in addition to libcss which is required for OMS.
>
> Also, make sure that you have a good sound card and a decent set of
> speakers.
>
> Currently, Linux software DVD players don't seem to be able to access
> "other" extra content in the various private streams of a DVD that you
> would otherwise be able to access using a Windows SW DVD player (please
> correct me if I am wrong - I intend to find out a bit more about this).
>
> Strangely enough, I have been unable to get Windows DVD playback
> software to work on my Windows2000 installation (I don't have Win98 or
> ME, and I don't intend to install either). I tried uninstalling and
> reinstalling the various drivers for my hardware and the DVD playback
> software, and after lots of reboots and absolutely no luck in playing
> back the same DVD that worked under Linux, I gave up.
>
> Linux rules!
>
> --
> Salman Ahmed
> ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
>
>
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