Hello SuSE folkz, I've finaly managed to install xine (libraries and interface). Now my question is about how to actually play DVD with this darn thing? I insert DVD disk in my DVD ROM and start xine interface. Xine comes up but nothing happening. It just plainly doesn't see DVD in the drive. Should I mount DVD somehow in order for xine to see it? Could somebody please help me with this issue or point to the source of information. Thanks in advance. Alex
--- Alex Daniloff
Hello SuSE folkz, I've finaly managed to install xine (libraries and interface). Now my question is about how to actually play DVD with this darn thing? I insert DVD disk in my DVD ROM and start xine interface. Xine comes up but nothing happening. It just plainly doesn't see DVD in the drive. Should I mount DVD somehow in order for xine to see it? Could somebody please help me with this issue or point to the source of information.
Thanks in advance. Alex
Alex, Did you install the libdvdcss decoder plugin? If not, you won't be able to play encrypted DVD's (and most commercial DVDs are encrypted). If you did, all you need to do when you run the xine gui is to click on the D5D (or the D4D tab I can't recall which). DVD are just like audio CD -- you don't mount them. One more thought: I would recommend you try Ogle, rather than Xine. Much more user-friendly. I would get apt4rpm all set up and then it's easy to install Ogle (or Xine) and it will automatically install the libdvdcss plugins for you. HTH, Charles __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
The 02.10.24 at 13:33, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Hello SuSE folkz, I've finaly managed to install xine (libraries and interface). Now my question is about how to actually play DVD with this darn thing? I insert DVD disk in my DVD ROM and start xine interface. Xine comes up but nothing happening. It just plainly doesn't see DVD in the drive.
You need a plugin like the DVDNAV (or Captaincss), and a library capable of CSS decryption, like libdvdcss. Teoretically, you should compile it yourself (it is experimental software), but you may find an rpm prepared for suse, searching around. Warning: some companies say that is illegal (have a look at http://www.lemuria.org/DeCSS/, for example, to know more about it). That is the reason, I assume, that suse does not distribute those plugins.
Should I mount DVD somehow in order for xine to see it?
No. That way, you will see the files, which you may copy. But you need to decrypt them in order to view the movie.
Could somebody please help me with this issue or point to the source of information.
xine.sourceforge.net -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
You need a plugin like the DVDNAV (or Captaincss), and a library capable of CSS decryption, like libdvdcss. Teoretically, you should compile it yourself (it is experimental software), but you may find an rpm prepared for suse, searching around.
I have libdvdcss2 installed but I still can't watch anything.
Warning: some companies say that is illegal (have a look at http://www.lemuria.org/DeCSS/, for example, to know more about it). That is the reason, I assume, that suse does not distribute those plugins.
I don't care about this legality crap. Alex -- Microsoft Windows users should be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act!!! Try Linux and you'll understand why...
On Thursday 24 October 2002 16:33, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Hello SuSE folkz, I've finaly managed to install xine (libraries and interface). Now my question is about how to actually play DVD with this darn thing? I insert DVD disk in my DVD ROM and start xine interface. Xine comes up but nothing happening. It just plainly doesn't see DVD in the drive. What buttons are lit up in the in interface panel? You need to see 'd5d' and 'DMD' highlighted... Both of these get you to see the DVD and play it back with several options (try them out...). The 'DVD' light doesn't do it for you...
Should I mount DVD somehow in order for xine to see it? Mine works without mounting (I think...) Try it... ;-) Important are the libs the other guys mentioned (they make the buttons I mentioned light up...).
Later HG
On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 22:33, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Hello SuSE folkz, I've finaly managed to install xine (libraries and interface). Now my question is about how to actually play DVD with this darn thing?
With the later versions of xine, just move through the DVD menu using the NAV button. Then 'DVDNAV://' will appear in the GUI. I found 0.9.12 to be working w/o problems, 0.9.13 is kind of weired. Waiting for 0.9.14 to fix the issue ... Or just stick with 0.9.12 Cheers .... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@gmx.net
Looks like I've got a problem with xine 'cause I installed ver. 0.9.13 Nether one button d5d or DMD is highlighted when DVD is inserted. Should I downgrade xine back to 0.9.12 version to fix this? Thanks. Alex
With the later versions of xine, just move through the DVD menu using the NAV button. Then 'DVDNAV://' will appear in the GUI. I found 0.9.12 to be working w/o problems, 0.9.13 is kind of weired.
Waiting for 0.9.14 to fix the issue ... Or just stick with 0.9.12
Cheers .... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@gmx.net
-- Microsoft Windows users should be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act!!! Try Linux and you'll understand why...
On Friday 25 October 2002 02:52, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Looks like I've got a problem with xine 'cause I installed ver. 0.9.13 Nether one button d5d or DMD is highlighted when DVD is inserted. Should I downgrade xine back to 0.9.12 version to fix this? I got my 0.9.13 working fine...
There can only be one in Middleearth to harvest the spice... Yeah Baby!!! ;-) Later HG
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