[linux-audio-user] [OT] ? DVD questions

[Jan Depner]

I have a player but not a burner.  I use xine for viewing.

Jan

On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 11:55, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
>   I have to write some documentation on DVD/VCD players for Linux. I own
> a nice new DVD player (dmesg says it's a LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163D, ATAPI
> CD/DVD-ROM drive) that works well on my machine, though I did have to
> discover a few secrets for glitch-free viewing (e.g. my nVidia card
> should have its double-buffering turned off). I'm writing not only about
> viewing video discs but also recording and ripping them. Thus, a few
> questions for anyone in the LAU community using a DVD player and/or
> recorder.
> 
>     1. What software do you use for viewing DVDs ?
>     2. Do you use that software for watching AVI, MPEG, or other video
> formats ?
>     3. What software do you use for ripping/encoding DVDs ?
>     4. If you have a DVD recorder, please let me know how well it works
> for you under Linux, what outstanding problems exist, what software you
> use, etc.
>     5. Overall, how would you rate Linux DVD support, particularly
> compared to Windows or the Mac ?
> 
>   I don't own a DVD recorder and I'm curious about Linux users'
> experiences with them.
> 
>   I've been trying to rip DVDs using the dvd::rip software (based on
> transcode) but keep receiving read errors. If anyone has any special
> tips for DVD ripping I'm interested in them too.
> 
>   My system includes an 800 MHz AMD CPU, two 15GB hard drives (tuned),
> 512 MB RAM, an SBLive soundcard, and an nVidia GForce2 (64 MB video
> RAM). Kernel is 2.4.18 patched for low-latency. I've been using MPlayer
> 0.90 for viewing AVI and other video file formats. I was using MPlayer
> for watching DVDs too but have recently switched to Ogle (a better DVD
> player, IMO). Frame rate is normally between 24 and 29 fps (that's what
> MPlayer reports, I don't really know if it's any different under Ogle).
> 
>   I don't really know how to massage MPlayer's parameters, so any advice
> for improving video file playback performance is most welcome. Ogle is
> pretty straightforward, and the Ogle FAQ yielded some very useful tips
> (particularly the pointer to the xvattr utility).
> 
>   So, how's *your* DVD player performing under Linux ? :)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> == Dave Phillips
> 
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