[PLUG] UDF

[alan]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Jeme A Brelin wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Robert Kopp wrote:
> > I haven't yet attempted to play DVD's on this computer, but I am about
> > to make the attempt. I downloaded and installed xine.
> >
> > However, although my DVD-ROM drive will play CD's, will it be recognized
> > as a DVD drive? I downloaded a package to patch the kernel for UDF. Will
> > I need to take this step? How do I know?
> 
> You don't need UDF to play DVD video.  You need UDF support to mount a UDF
> filesystem.  Playing DVD video is like playing CD audio in that you don't
> mount the device when you access the media.
> 
> MPlayer will play DVD video with direct access to all the titles and
> chapters and various audio channels and angles.  I've never had it fail
> and it's very fast and clean.  (I've gotten it to display menus, but
> haven't bothered to see if I can navigate them or not... I usually just
> play the titles directly.)
> 
> Ogle will allow you to navigate the menus, but my experience is that it's
> rather unstable.
> 
> I've used Xine for playing DVDs, but I found the chapter access weak.

For those people using an RPM based system, check out 
http://www.freshrpms.net/.  It includes the libraries needed to get Xine 
to work "correctly", with the exception of the win32 codecs.  (Which may 
not be enabled with that build.  I need to check.)