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Re: AVI player recommendations

Still no luck - I've actually got a 'd5d' button on the front 
of the gui, but if I use the file selecting button there is a 
d4d option which lets me browse the dvd.  Nothing actually 
plays though.

I have probably screwed everything but installing at various 
times xine, ogle and mplayer plus various css and dvd libs.  
I'll have a clean out of my system and reinstall xine again 
from scratch.  The _official_ mplayer install seems a bit 
gruesome, but I see the deb link below.  I don't get why they 
are so sensitive about binary packages - if I choose to take 
the performance hit by not compiling an optimised install on my 
system then why should they care?  Are there really software 
licences that allow the distribution of source code but not 
binaries?

Nick.

On Tuesday 08 January 2002 10:21 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> open xine. There should be a button that says d4d. This is
> the plugin, and it should try to read the disk from your dvd
> (the dvd does NOT nead to be mounted, xine can read it throuh
> its device). You will need to have a link called /dev/dvd
> that points to your dvd drive (usually /dev/hdx where x is
> a,b,c, or d depending on you IDE setup). If you do not have a
> link, you can adjust the config variable "dvd_device:" (the
> default is "dvd_device:/dev/dvd" but you can change that to
> "dvd_device:/dev/hdc" if your dvd is on the secondary IDE
> interface as the master device).
>
> The main point is to use the d4d button, which should work so
> long as xine knows where your dvd device is.
>
> let me know if this helps
>
> jason
>
> On Tue, 08 Jan 2002, Nick Baird wrote:
> > Jason,
> >
> > I followed the link and installed the d4d plugin, but I
> > still can't get my dvd to play.  I am getting an error
> > message -xine engine error- There is no available input
> > plug-in to handle 'dvd://VIDEO_TS.VOB'.
> >
> > When I installed the plug-in there was a note about linking
> > to libraries.  All the plug-in modules seem to be in place
> > in /usr/lib/xine/plugins - did you need to do anything else
> > to get it to work after ./configure, make, make install?
> >
> > Nick.
> >
> > On Monday 07 January 2002 8:00 pm, [email protected] 
wrote:
> > > yes, its not to hard to do. There are several methods
> > > available. On the xine web site, you will find links to
> > > several dvd plugins built to play encrypted dvds (xine
> > > does not play encrypted dvds natively because a: the
> > > developers don't want to get sued or tossed into jail by
> > > the MPAA and b: because xine is a media player, not a dvd
> > > player...though it does have native support for non
> > > encrypted dvds). The two best plugins in my opinion are
> > > the d4d plugin (also called captain css) and the dvdnav
> > > plugin. The dvdnav plugin itself doesn't decrypt dvds,
> > > but rather it has links to a library (libdvdcss I think
> > > its called...the website gives its proper name as well as
> > > where to get it) which handles the decryption. The DVDNAV
> > > plugin also has menu support for dvds, so it is quite
> > > nice. You should find everything you require on the xine
> > > website.
> > >
> > > jason
> > >
> > > On Mon, 07 Jan 2002, Nick Baird wrote:
> > > > I installed xine at the weekend from unstable (after
> > > > trying ogle and giving up), but couldn't get an
> > > > encrypted dvd to play. I installed the css library and
> > > > added the path to ld.so.conf, but kept getting an error
> > > > about some plug-in not being available when I tried to
> > > > play the dvd.  Anyone got xine working with encrypted
> > > > dvd's?
> > > >
> > > > Nick.
> > > >
> > > > On Monday 07 January 2002 12:50 pm, [email protected]
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > > xine (xine.sourceforge.net) is the only way to go.
> > > > >
> > > > > jason
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 07 Jan 2002, Sarah Hay wrote:
> > > > > > Hello All!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have been having a little difficulty getting an
> > > > > > .avi player installed on my box. I was hoping that
> > > > > > someone out there could recommend a good player,
> > > > > > with DivX capabilities, and tell me how you got
> > > > > > configured and working. I must be doing something
> > > > > > wrong because I have tried a few and just can't get
> > > > > > them running. Ideally it should have a GUI
> > > > > > interface as well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > > > > Sarah
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PS. I got my printer running. I just created the
> > > > > > /dev files and mknod files and it worked like a
> > > > > > charm.
> > > > > >
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