DVD players under Linux (was: Re: 2.4 kernels with potato and Movie players)
On Mar 05 2002, user list wrote:
> I'm thinking of installing a 2.4 kernel on a potato box. Is there
> any problem with stability?
Well, you'll have to upgrade some packages first (mainly those
related to kernel modules). If the box is not critical (i.e.,
if it is just a desktop), then upgrading to woody would be
better.
> Also, I'm trying to install a DVD player. What is the best linux
> player with debian?
Does it have to come with Debian? If yes, then the best one is
xine, which comes with woody and can have DeCSS, DVD
navigation and deinterlacing.
If, on the other hand, you don't care that much if your player
comes with Debian, I'd recommend you to grab a copy of mplayer
(http://mplayer.sf.net/). It works very well with all the
above and the deinterlacing of DVDs is the best one that I
have ever seen in a Linux box.
To be honest, mplayer with all the add-ons compiled
(libdvdread2, liblame0, libdvdcss1 etc) is much better than
the Windows DVD player from Cyberlink that came with my Asus
Motherboard, even regarding the deinterlacing of movies.
The only "problem" with mplayer is that you'll have to compile
it yourself, but since it has a debian directory, compiling is
as easy as "dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot" (be sure to
install the build dependencies and anything else you would
like installed, like development packages).
I guess that you won't be able to compile it with potato,
though.
You will also need quite a bit of cpu power to watch your DVDs
deinterlaced. And a relatively recent version of X, with
support for the xv extension for your card.
Hope this helps, Roger...
P.S.: Another problem with mplayer is that it is not exactly free,
since it includes non-GPL'ed parts.
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