11 May
2003
11 May
'03
8:47 p.m.
Am Son, 2003-05-11 um 18.55 schrieb Dave Phillips:
1. What software do you use for viewing DVDs ?
I prefer Xine because: easy installation, flawless performance , good to
configure, not too many useless extras
2. Do you use that software for watching AVI,
MPEG, or other video
formats ?
Xine does everything (Dvx - support is perfect all others work ok)
3. What software do you use for ripping/encoding
DVDs ?
None - transcode is too hard to install - about a dozen extra-libs are
too complicated for my taste
5. Overall, how would you rate Linux DVD support,
particularly
compared to Windows or the Mac ?
I do not miss anything i really need when viewing DVDs. I had Power DVD
on Windows before i get Xine working decently and i do not see a reason
why i should return to it.
About Performance/Quality:
I would say, the pictureQuality in Xine is slightely better than the
one in PowerDVD , Navigating the Movie ist smoother/faster (witch might
be because the Data-transfer in LINUX is by far better than in Win32).
BTW: sound works great in Xine via alsa`s oss-emulation, i`m a bit of a
puritane about sound:real Stereo in real HIFI is IT - DolbySurround etc
does not hold my interest ;-)
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Hartmut Z Noack / Berlin
http://www.linuxuse.de