Re: Play VCD on computer

[crispin@iinet.net.au]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 03:37:38PM +1100, Steve Kieu wrote:
>  
> > > 
> > > Yep -- xine.  Works great thought the picture is a
> > bit small, but
> > > don't use esd for sound (very choppy when I tried
> > it).  (I should also
> > > mention that I only tried it once on one vcd)
> > 
> > I use mplayer. Very sweet xv accelerated fullscreen
> > output.
> 
> I had no luck with xine the latest version. Ealier
> version got problem too, only play the first track and
> jump to the end in one vcd, I suspect the quality of
> the disk, but mplayer plays just fine.
> 
> I think, xine has a long way to go.

The mplayer docs also have nice /proc cdrom tuning instructions to get the best playback possible.

Crispin