xine in 8.1

Hi has anybody got xine to work in 8.1 ? Mplayer seems to be a default install and when I try to install xine from skyblade rpms which ahve always worked before I get conflict errors with parts of the Mplayer install. I've tried a force nodeps install of xine but when I start it it refuses to read a dvd. I've also tried uninstalling Mplayer but yast2 tells me that all sorts of programmes depend on it. I have not yet got to grips with all the options on the new yast2 package manager, so am not really clear how to use it to resolve this sort of thing. Pluas I ahve no idea how to use mplayer, dtarted as a gui it just tells me no disc is installed. And I'd really like o use xine anyway. Any help greatly appreciated. TIA Mike