[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On 7 Apr 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > >>All; >>Ok, not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping that someone here will know >>this one. >> >>I'm trying to play DVD's with xine. It plays mpegs ok, but I get the >>following error on DVDs: >> >>There is no available plugin to handle >> dvd://video_ts.vob >> >> >>I've checked the home page for xine looking for answers, an found >>nothing. Can someone point me to an answer for this? >> > >Since you posted this I'm assuming that you found the other pages to the >different demuxers. I'm curious as to what sort of performance you're >getting and what are your hardware specs. My laptop has a P/400 but >video is too jerky to be watchable. It runs fine on an Athlon 900 >though. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > To the original question:
Xine does not have a decoder for the Content Scrambling System because MPAA won't license any open-source decoder. If you look around the web with the search key "DeCSS" you will learn about greedy corporations, bought and paid-for laws, and the fact that LinDVD is unavailable except to OEMs for hardware-specific cases, and that PowerDVD just doesn't work that well. Either buy a decoder card (the Dxr2 from Creative is supported) or make a decision to be an outlaw and download the source for DeCSS and compile it as a plug-in for Xine or abandon the idea of playing encrypted DVDs. PowerDVD, a system for windows, I have tried. It is licensed by MPAA, and on a 1G Athlon with 256M RAM and a good interface, it still gave jerky motion. PowerDVD for linux does not appear to work at all. Civileme
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