hi i am new to linux and i am looking for a dvd movie playing software for my laptop. can any one help me out .
thanks
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hi i am new to linux and i am looking for a dvd movie playing software for my laptop. can any one help me out .
thanks
The two most widely supported/popular ones are:
http://www.xinehq.de
http://www.mplayerhq.com
xine plays dvds?....i never knew that.
how would you go about setting up linux to read from your dvd...is their anything special i have to do like scsi emulation?
nice to have you back with us pooh
Xine does play DVDs, and nothing special needs to be done to your dvd in terms of SCSI, unless you are using a SCSI drive. It's usually as simple as creating a syslink from your /dev/cdromblahblah (whatever your dvd drive is being detected as, maybe cdrom2) to /dev/dvd.
example:
/dev/cdroms/cdrom2 -> /dev/dvd
That way when xine/mplayer accesses /dev/dvd for the DVD-rom, your dvd drive is already pointed towards it. Get what I mean?
And thanks :) It's good to be back.
yes makes perfect sense, il have to try that on my crap-top solo 9300