On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 13:58:40 -0400, you wrote: > I have thought about getting a DVD player for my system, but wonder. I have >seen where they advise your processor be at least 300 MHz and I have a 450, but >is that really enough? I have a DVD player, and my processor is a 500mhz Celeron, so you prolly could. I've never tried it in Linux, only windont, but it seems to do the job there...stupid Compaq software problems notwithstanding... > >Rich Buckner wrote: > >> On Saturday 15 September 2001 06:26 am, Jonas Jacobsson wrote: >> > Can anyone recomend a dvd viewer for Mandrake 8.0? >> > xmovie needs kernel 2.4.7 and I only have 2.4.3. >> > >> > /jonas >> >> xine, videolan, and mplayer are all pretty good. I prefer xine; videolan >> sometimes has problems with synchronizing audio and video, and mplayer >> doesn't have a gui. You can find xine and mplayer by going to freshmeat.net >> and searching for them there. You can get videolan at www.videolan.org. >> >> videolan is packaged in rpms as well as source, and as packaged contains >> everything you need to play encrypted dvds. The current xine, I think, only >> is packaged as source, but you can get rpms for older versions. mplayer, I >> think, is only packaged as source. With xine and mplayer, you need plugins >> to play encrypted dvds. You can get the xine plugin by going to the captain >> css link on the xine home page, and the mplayer site tells you what plugins >> you need and where to get them. I think there are some gcc issues when you >> try to compile mplayer that require you to use certain options with the >> ./configure command, but I can't remember what those options are. >> >> The easiest way to get something that works, I think, is to get the videolan >> rpms. If you're comfortable installing from source, I'd go with xine. If >> you're comfortable both with installing from source and a command line only >> program, then you might want to give mplayer a try. >> >> Hope this helps. >> -- >> Rich >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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