Playing DVDs using totem?

[Antonio Olivares]

--- Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Toralf Lund <toralf at procaptura.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >Others in list have reported sucess with Totem. 
> > You
> > >just need certain packages and it will work.  If
> I
> > >remember correctly something like gstreamer????
> and
> > >other plugins will make it work.  
> > >  
> > >
> > What I was trying to say, was that I already tried
> > this, and it still 
> > won't play my DVDs..
> 
> I'm sorry that it won't work for you.  This had been
> an in issue for me and now thank god, it has gone
> away.  Sometimes its the hardware that give
> problems. 
> 
> 
> > 
> > >[ ... ]
> > >  
> > >
> > >
> > >Sorry to add to tbe discussion, but I have a few
> > >remarks to add, I have both xine, and MPlayer on
> my
> > >pcs and I don't have any problems.  Most Dvd's
> play
> > >without a hiccup.  
> > >  
> > >
> > How do you define "most"?
> 
> By "most" I mean encrypted dvd's and standard dvd's.
> 
> To make it work for "most" if not all, we use
> libdvdcss2.  And that takes care of that problem.  
> > 
> > >There are the frontends for xine 
> > >http://xinehq.de/index.php/download
> > >I can't complain about the frontend for xine the
> > >xine-ui might not be the best but it works!  
> > >
> > >To install xine I obtain the rpms from 
> > >http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/.
> > >I follow almost all the instructions there.  you
> > can
> > >get RealPlayer and install the w32codecs to play
> > >windows media/quicktime and other formats. 
> > >
> > >As for MPlayer, you can install kplayer which is
> a
> > >nice frontend for MPlayer.  
> > >
> > >I have no complains as both players work for me
> and
> > as
> > >far as ogle is concerned, it never worked for me.
> 
> > I
> > >tried it in Mandrake, and Fedora Core 2 and 3 and
> > it
> > >did not work.  They say it is real good, but it
> > never
> > >worked for me.  So I can't rate it.
> > >  
> > >
> > Really? My experience has been exactly the
> opposite.
> > Ogle has generally 
> > worked, but I've had all sorts of problems with
> the
> > others - especiall 
> > mplayer. I've mainly tested it on network streams
> > etc., though, and for 
> > those it will generally crash, hang or just give
> me
> > a black screen at 
> > some point during the playback. As for DVDs, I
> think
> > that when I tried a 
> > while back, I had a hard time finding out how
> > exactly to tell mplayer it 
> > what to play - DVD menu support was non-existant.
> Yes, MPlayer does not have DVD menu support, to get
> that though we can still use MPlayer codecs for
> xine-ui, kaffeine, or probably totem itself.  I have
> kplayer installed as a frontend to MPlayer and type
> dvd://1 and watch the movie, therefore avoiding the
> previous(previews) and other stuff.  

Correction here

I meant previews instead of previous.  Typo Sorry!!

Regards,

Antonio

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antonio
> 
> > Right now, it won't 
> > display anything except the initial blue screen if
> I
> > select "Open DVD". 
> > It then crashes as I right-click on the video
> > window. That's with the 
> > Gtk frontend, and using mplayerhq's own packages.
> > 
> > I did get some problems with Ogle right now,
> though,
> > after upgrading all 
> > the libdvd stuff etc. in an attempt to get the
> other
> > players to work. 
> > I'm investing the issue...
> > 
> > - Toralf
> > 
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