On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 09:15, Eric Fernandez wrote:
> Yes, because of DVD regulations, descrambling libraries are not included in
> Mandrake.
> However, they are included in PLF packages.
> You'll want to add a PLF source (and contrib) using, for example,
> http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon
> and install :
> urpmi libdvdread2
> urpmi xine-dvdnav
>
> It will also automatically install libdvdcss2 (the one necessary for
> decrypting DVDs), check it did it.
> Then you can use Xine for DVDs.
>
> You may want to use mplayer as well, or Ogle.
>
> Eric
Eric is right... you need everything Xine related that PLF has and poof
it works. Did for me anyway. Not PLF is finalizing everything for 9.1
right now so if something isn't quite right... let 'em know and I'll bet
they are already fixing it. However for me.... no problems so far.
James
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tru64 User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] Anyone using vcr on mdk9?
>
>
> > I could not even play DVD on my Mandy 9.1rc2!! using
> > xmovie!!
> > Any pointers? Have to admit i did not perform any
> > tweaking, just installed the OS, with xmovie, popped
> > in the DVD, and expected it to work
> > Any pointers i should be reading to enable this?
> > I might get some time to work on it this weekend.
> >
> > _Thanks
> >
> > Richard
> > --- Eric Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I also use mencoder to record tv.
> > > This is a script I use :
> > >
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > case $1 in
> > > 1 ) freq=647.25
> > > chaine=tf1 ;;
> > > 2 ) freq=687.25
> > > chaine=france2 ;;
> > > 3 ) freq=735.25
> > > chaine=france3 ;;
> > > 4 ) freq=823.25
> > > chaine=canal+ ;;
> > > 5 ) freq=671.25
> > > chaine=arte ;;
> > > 6 ) freq=799.25
> > > chaine=m6 ;;
> > > 7 ) freq=775.25
> > > chaine=tv5 ;;
> > > * ) echo "unknown channel"
> > > exit ;;
> > > esac
> > >
> > > echo "Press "ENTER" to start recording channel
> > > $chaine..."
> > > read
> > >
> > > mencoder -tv
> > >
> > on:Driver=v4l:input=0:norm=SECAM:freq=$freq:width=768:height=576
> > > -vop
> > > pp=hb/vb/dr/al/lb -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> > > vcodec=mjpeg -o
> > > ${chaine}.avi
> > >
> > >
> > > Note 1 : this is for France, with SECAM. In another
> > > country, you might find
> > > your channel frequencies on the web : . If you use
> > > PAL, change norm=SECAM to
> > > PAL of course.
> > >
> > > Note 2 : vcodec=mjpeg here : picture will be very
> > > nice, and does not need a
> > > powerful CPU, but the file is huge, you need a big
> > > HD. You may use
> > > vcodec=mpeg4 but you may see compression artifacts
> > > and need a good CPU for
> > > 25 fps encodings. Make some tests !
> > >
> > > Note 3 : if you have no sound, open aumix and check
> > > not only line level, but
> > > also IGain level (very important). It has to be non
> > > null !
> > >
> > > Note 4 : this script is very simple, with shutdown
> > > and acron you may use it
> > > as a real programmed VCR.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:38 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [expert] Anyone using vcr on mdk9?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Grant,
> > >
> > > I got mplayer and mencode. Mencoder works
> > > gracefully. But I recommend to
> > > compile from scratch.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, J. Grant wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I was tempted by the lure of a digital video
> > > recorder.
> > > >
> > > > I found this
> > > http://www.geocities.com/slothmud/VCR-HOWTO-3.html
> > > > It seems great, my tv card is working fine with
> > > xawtv, so i checked vcr
> > > > out. However, there are so many deps, I cant even
> > > get the avifile src
> > > > on this site to build, (seems automake files are
> > > corrupted). main
> > > > avifile.sf.net does not build either, until i
> > > install some other libs
> > > > etc. Fianlly failed with
> > > >
> > > > make[3]: *** No rule to make target
> > > `pci_db2c.awk', needed by
> > > > `pci_dev_ids.c'. Stop.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > http://www.stack.nl/~brama/vcr/index.html?page=download
> > > >
> > > > I downloaded the avifile rpms from plf, but they
> > > need even more
> > > > Has anyone used vcr with mdk9 ? Are there any rpms
> > > floating around?
> > > >
> > > > Seems even the extra rpms I installed are now out
> > > of date too:
> > > >
> > > > win32-codecs-1.0-1plf
> > > > xine-win32-0.9.13-8plf
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone got it to build from scratch ?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > JG
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > -----------------------
> > > Alan Wilter S. da Silva
> > > -----------------------
> > > Laboratório de Física Biológica
> > > Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho
> > > Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
> > > Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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