Mplayer works but...

[Stephen Mirowski]

Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 08:15 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Yesterday I got Mplayer on FC4 working just fine. The yum took some 
>> time but it comes right up. I got a small DVD from a guy running for 
>> office. It's on a regular cd. I was able to view that with Mplayer.
>>
>>     So I decided to try a commercial DVD I bought and it does not
>> play. I know I got the 0th part loaded and it tries to play but I
>> never get a picture.
>>     
>
> I've never had a great deal of luck with using mplayer to play DVDs.
> For one thing, if it ever shows the DVD menu, it only flashes up for a
> brief moment.  You've got to faff around with picking the right
> title/chapter to play from the mplayer menu.
>
> I've found Xine to be better, and VLC almost as good (VLC seems more
> taxing on my system).  But both of them play DVDs properly.
>
>   
Xine has been my choice for DVDs for a few years.  Then I add in Gxine 
for casual videos (also can be used a plugin for browser).  Mplayer 
works best as a browser video plugin.

Stephen