Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-12 Thread Simon Geard
On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 17:00 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: > I just installed them in parallel the other day, and it seemed to go > fine. The reason was because some app I wanted to use still wanted > gstreamer-0.8. The two versions don't seem to conflict at all. But I > agree that it's not a setup

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-11 Thread Randy McMurchy
Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 05/11/06 20:10 CST: > That's true. I guess I'm trying to buy into a gstreamer only media > backend. It seems ridiculous to install two separate ones. At the expense of 5 minutes and a few megabytes? Please, it would not be considered "ridiculous" to invest 5 m

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-11 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/11/06, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 05/11/06 19:00 CST: > > Probably not gstreamer-0.10 if he's watching DVDs since the plugins > haven't been ported yet. Sorry for not answering earlier. I use the xine backend as that is what the Totem devs u

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-11 Thread Randy McMurchy
Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 05/11/06 19:00 CST: > On 5/10/06, Simon Geard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, which backend are you using with Totem - libxine, >> gstreamer 0.8 or 0.10? > > Probably not gstreamer-0.10 if he's watching DVDs since the plugins > haven't been port

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-11 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/10/06, Simon Geard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 20:40 -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > Though I like Totem for watching DVD movies, I've never had an > issue with MPlayer. I just prefer Totem's interface better. Has > a previous installation worked in the past? Have you don

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-11 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
* Simon Scheiwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-11 18:22]: > Totem's dvd menu support is way better than mplayer's. For example it > wasn't possible to watch H2G2 with mplayer, because it couldn't enter the > right menu. It just showed the previews for other films and then stopped. > With totem it

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-11 Thread Simon Scheiwiller
Thus spoke Simon Geard: > On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 17:19 -0300, Leonardo Lazzaro wrote: >> does mplayer have support for dvd menus? > > Never tried mplayer, but I believe it does. Totem's dvd menu support is way better than mplayer's. For example it wasn't possible to watch H2G2 with mplayer, because

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-11 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 17:19 -0300, Leonardo Lazzaro wrote: > does mplayer have support for dvd menus? > if not (like i think it is) why is it? > totem's (i have never tried it) have dvd menu support? > i like the idea of a centralized media player but if mplayer doesnt > hace support for dvd menu.

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-10 Thread Leonardo Lazzaro
does mplayer have support for dvd menus? if not (like i think it is) why is it? totem's (i have never tried it) have dvd menu support? i like the idea of a centralized media player  but if mplayer doesnt hace support for dvd menu...  On 5/10/06, Simon Geard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-0

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-10 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 20:40 -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > Though I like Totem for watching DVD movies, I've never had an > issue with MPlayer. I just prefer Totem's interface better. Has > a previous installation worked in the past? Have you done anything > different with the MPlayer installation?

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-09 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
* Lupine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-09 21:02]: > On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 18:30 -0700, Dan Winkler wrote: > > im not sure what the problem is here > > > > following the BLFS svn i installed MPlayer > > > > for some reason i cant watch dvd's > > > I don't think I saw the output from when you try

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-09 Thread Randy McMurchy
Dan Winkler wrote these words on 05/09/06 20:30 CST: > im not sure what the problem is here > > following the BLFS svn i installed MPlayer > > for some reason i cant watch dvd's You should not be having these issues. You put *so much* stuff in your email that I could not decipher it at all. Is t

Re: Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-09 Thread Lupine
On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 18:30 -0700, Dan Winkler wrote: > im not sure what the problem is here > > following the BLFS svn i installed MPlayer > > for some reason i cant watch dvd's I don't think I saw the output from when you try to run it from a terminal? What happens if you type this (as a reg

Mplayer and dvd playback issues

2006-05-09 Thread Dan Winkler
im not sure what the problem is here following the BLFS svn i installed MPlayer for some reason i cant watch dvd's ive installed libdvd libdvdcss libdv etc avifile all of the multimedia libs basically my drive seems to be detected at boot dmesg | grep DVD: hdc: QSI DVD+/-RW SDW-082S, ATAP