Good DVD Player

[Ollie Roberts]

I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?

Thanks! ;)
_
Ollie Roberts

[Paul Smith]

On 10/14/05, Ollie Roberts  wrote:
> I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?

There are so many! Have a look at:

* Kaffeine
* Totem
* Mplayer

Paul

[Michael A. Peters]

On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 18:19 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
> On 10/14/05, Ollie Roberts  wrote:
> > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
>
> There are so many! Have a look at:
> Kaffeine
> Totem
> Mplayer

Please note that the gstreamer totem that ships with FC4 needs some
gstreamer plugins. Then it will play DVD's just fine.

[Paul Smith]

On 10/14/05, Michael A. Peters  wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 18:19 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
> > On 10/14/05, Ollie Roberts  wrote:
> > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> >
> > There are so many! Have a look at:
> > Kaffeine
> > Totem
> > Mplayer
>
> Please note that the gstreamer totem that ships with FC4 needs some
> gstreamer plugins. Then it will play DVD's just fine.

Totem-xine works fine. Totem-xine is Totem, but with Xine as audio engine.

Paul

[Gary Stainburn]

On Friday 14 October 2005 6:19 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
> On 10/14/05, Ollie Roberts  wrote:
> > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
>
> There are so many! Have a look at:
> Kaffeine
> Totem
> Mplayer
>
> Paul

Can anyone tell me where I can get Xine  or mplayer.  They're not in the 
default FC4 repositories as yum can't find them

[Ian MacGregor]

Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Friday 14 October 2005 6:19 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
> > On 10/14/05, Ollie Roberts  wrote:
> > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> >
> > There are so many! Have a look at:
> > Kaffeine
> > Totem
> > Mplayer
> >
> > Paul
>
> Can anyone tell me where I can get Xine  or mplayer.  They're not in the 
> default FC4 repositories as yum can't find them

MPlayer and Xine can oth be found in the livna repo: http://rpm.livna.org/

Xine is better, in my opinion.

Ian M.

[Robin Laing]

Ian MacGregor wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me where I can get Xine  or mplayer.  They're not in 
> > the default FC4 repositories as yum can't find them
>
> MPlayer and Xine can oth be found in the livna repo: http://rpm.livna.org/
>
> Xine is better, in my opinion.
>
> Ian M.

I have had videos that won't play in mplayer but will in xine or the 
other way around.  It is nice to have both.

[Robin Laing]

Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Friday 14 October 2005 6:19 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
> > On 10/14/05, Ollie Roberts  wrote:
> > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> >
> > There are so many! Have a look at:
> > Kaffeine
> > Totem
> > Mplayer
> >
> > Paul
>
> Can anyone tell me where I can get Xine  or mplayer.  They're not in the 
> default FC4 repositories as yum can't find them

I got mine from freshrpms.

I followed this.

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html

[Amadeus W.M.]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:27:06 +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Friday 14 October 2005 6:19 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
> > On 10/14/05, Ollie Roberts  wrote:
> > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> >
> > There are so many! Have a look at:
> > Kaffeine
> > Totem
> > Mplayer
> >
> > Paul
>
> Can anyone tell me where I can get Xine  or mplayer.  They're not in the 
> default FC4 repositories as yum can't find them
> -- 
> Gary Stainburn
>
> This email does not contain private or confidential material as it
> may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown
> and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000

Put the following:

[livna]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.lvn
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY

in a file called livna.repo and put that file in /etc/yum.repos.d/

Then do

yum install mplayer xine

It will magically install them (from livna), AND all their dependencies.

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:26 PM -0400 "Amadeus W. M." 
 wrote:
> Put the following:

...
> in a file called livna.repo and put that file in /etc/yum.repos.d/

There's an easier option described here:

http://rpm.livna.org/configuration.html

It has the virtue of keeping the repo file and GPG key under RPM management.

[Robin Laing]

Ollie Roberts wrote:
> I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks! ;)
> _
> Ollie Roberts

I use LG burners on two different computers.  I only recommend them.

[Robin Laing]

Robin Laing wrote:
> Ollie Roberts wrote:
> > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks! ;)
> > _
> > Ollie Roberts
>
> I use LG burners on two different computers.  I only recommend them.

Opps, misread the question.  Me bad.

I use mplayer, xine, or whatever I want.

[Liloulinx]

Robin Laing wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
> > Ollie Roberts wrote:
> > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks! ;)
> > > _
> > > Ollie Roberts
> >
> > I use LG burners on two different computers.  I only recommend them.
>
> Opps, misread the question.  Me bad.
>
> I use mplayer, xine, or whatever I want.

Xine

[Liloulinx]

Robin Laing wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
> > Ollie Roberts wrote:
> > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks! ;)
> > > _
> > > Ollie Roberts
> >
> > I use LG burners on two different computers.  I only recommend them.
>
> Opps, misread the question.  Me bad.
>
> I use mplayer, xine, or whatever I want.

Yes, you have the choice. They are relatively similar
---
Liloulinx

[Liloulinx]

Liloulinx wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
> > Robin Laing wrote:
> > > Ollie Roberts wrote:
> > > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks! ;)
> > > > _
> > > > Ollie Roberts
> > >
> > > I use LG burners on two different computers.  I only recommend them.
> >
> > Opps, misread the question.  Me bad.
> >
> > I use mplayer, xine, or whatever I want.

Yes, you have the choice. They are relatively similar
---
Liloulinx

[James Pifer]

On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:34 +0100, Ollie Roberts wrote:
> I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?

After struggling for a while with totem and xine (probably missing
plugins), I've switched to videolan-client (vlc). Plays everything I've
thrown at it so far.

James

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Greetings James,

James Pifer wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:34 +0100, Ollie Roberts wrote:
> > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
>
> After struggling for a while with totem and xine (probably missing
> plugins), I've switched to videolan-client (vlc). Plays everything I've
> thrown at it so far.

Do you mind if i ask if videolan-client can play encrypted DVD's also ?
I don't have any problems playing unencrypted DVD's , VCDs , mp3's
or whatsoever , it's only with encrypted DVD's that i have problems
> James

Kind Regards,
   Kostas

[Amadeus W.M.]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:25:51 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> Greetings James,
>
> James Pifer wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:34 +0100, Ollie Roberts wrote:
> > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> >
> > After struggling for a while with totem and xine (probably missing
> > plugins), I've switched to videolan-client (vlc). Plays everything I've
> > thrown at it so far.
>
> Do you mind if i ask if videolan-client can play encrypted DVD's also ?

Of course it can. From the vlc features page:

[1] DVD decryption is done through the libdvdcss library.

The same library anything else uses for playing encrypted dvds.

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:25:51 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:

< snip >
> Of course it can. From the vlc features page:
>
> [1] DVD decryption is done through the libdvdcss library.
>
> The same library anything else uses for playing encrypted dvds.

Well it seems that i run out of luck at another point . I am using
Fedora Core 1 . Dag Wiers had an rpm for Fedora Core 1 , so
theoretically everything should be ok .

But , Take a look :

root@Magellan /]# rpm -ivh videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf.i386.rpm
warning: videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: 
NOKEY, key
error: Failed dependencies:
         libFLAC.so.4 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         liba52.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libaa.so.1 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libdvbpsi.so.3 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libdvdread.so.3 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libfaad.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libid3tag.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libmad.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libmodplug.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libmpeg2.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libpth.so.20 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0(WXGTK_2.4) is needed by 
videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
         libxosd.so.2 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf

My apologies for the messy output , can you tell me , what is missing 
here  ?
The rpm is supposed to be for Fedora Core 1 ( although the original 
question
was for Fedora Core 4 i think ) so everything should be ok ?

Kind Regards,
    Kostas

[Amadeus W.M.]

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:54:06 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> > On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:25:51 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
>
> < snip >
> > Of course it can. From the vlc features page:
> >
> > [1] DVD decryption is done through the libdvdcss library.
> >
> > The same library anything else uses for playing encrypted dvds.
>
> Well it seems that i run out of luck at another point . I am using
> Fedora Core 1 . Dag Wiers had an rpm for Fedora Core 1 , so
> theoretically everything should be ok .
>
> But , Take a look :
>
> root@Magellan /]# rpm -ivh videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf.i386.rpm
> warning: videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: 
> NOKEY, key
> error: Failed dependencies:
>          libFLAC.so.4 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          liba52.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libaa.so.1 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libdvbpsi.so.3 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libdvdread.so.3 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libfaad.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libid3tag.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libmad.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libmodplug.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libmpeg2.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libpth.so.20 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0(WXGTK_2.4) is needed by 
> videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libxosd.so.2 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>
> My apologies for the messy output , can you tell me , what is missing 
> here  ?
> The rpm is supposed to be for Fedora Core 1 ( although the original 
> question
> was for Fedora Core 4 i think ) so everything should be ok ?
>
> Kind Regards,
>     Kostas

In general, any package depends on a number of libraries, and rpm checks
if those dependencies are installed, but does not install them.

You need to use yum.

yum install vlc

will install vlc AND dependencies.

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:54:06 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> > Amadeus W. M. wrote:

< snip >
> In general, any package depends on a number of libraries, and rpm checks
> if those dependencies are installed, but does not install them.
>
> You need to use yum.
>
> yum install vlc

Well  i have never tried that before . I have a 56K dialup connection so
i prefer to download one rpm at a time instead of using yum ( if for 
example
i try to update my system and yum chooses to download a kernel source for
example , then i am doomed ... ) . Anyway i will try that now  thanks
> will install vlc AND dependencies.

Kind Regards,
    Kostas

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Greetings Amadeus,

Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:54:06 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> > Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> > > On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:25:51 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:

< snip >
> yum install vlc

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What is the exact meaning of that , i have tried various combinations of
vlc but it just can't find it . Well i assumed that you ment something
like

yum install yum install videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf

( you insert everything but the architecture and the rpm extension )

Kind Regards,
    Kostas

[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 01:26 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> Greetings Amadeus,
>
> Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:54:06 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> > > Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:25:51 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
>
> < snip >
> > yum install vlc
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> What is the exact meaning of that , i have tried various combinations of
> vlc but it just can't find it . Well i assumed that you ment something
> like
>
> yum install yum install videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>
> ( you insert everything but the architecture and the rpm extension )

That would be
   yum install videolan-client
> Kind Regards,
>     Kostas

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 01:26 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:

< snip >
> > > yum install vlc
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > What is the exact meaning of that , i have tried various combinations of
> > vlc but it just can't find it . Well i assumed that you ment something
> > like
> >
> > yum install yum install videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
> >
> > ( you insert everything but the architecture and the rpm extension )
>
> That would be
>    yum install videolan-client

Thanks Jeff

Btw , My apologies for the personal email . I did it by accident
since i didn't checked the Reply To  header  ( Return Path )

Kind Regards,
   Kostas

[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 00:54 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> > On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:25:51 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
>
> < snip >
> > Of course it can. From the vlc features page:
> >
> > [1] DVD decryption is done through the libdvdcss library.
> >
> > The same library anything else uses for playing encrypted dvds.
>
> Well it seems that i run out of luck at another point . I am using
> Fedora Core 1 . Dag Wiers had an rpm for Fedora Core 1 , so
> theoretically everything should be ok .
>
> But , Take a look :
>
> root@Magellan /]# rpm -ivh videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf.i386.rpm
> warning: videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: 
> NOKEY, key
> error: Failed dependencies:
>          libFLAC.so.4 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          liba52.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libaa.so.1 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libdvbpsi.so.3 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libdvdread.so.3 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libfaad.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libid3tag.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libmad.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libmodplug.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libmpeg2.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libpth.so.20 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0(WXGTK_2.4) is needed by 
> videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>          libxosd.so.2 is needed by videolan-client-0.8.1-3.1.fc1.rf
>
> My apologies for the messy output , can you tell me , what is missing 
> here  ?
> The rpm is supposed to be for Fedora Core 1 ( although the original 
> question
> was for Fedora Core 4 i think ) so everything should be ok ?

You are missing several packages that are needed for videolan.

Use yum to install videolan (if the repositories are still available) so
yum can handle the dependencies for you. Otherwise you will need to
manually identify the packages required to satisfy the dependencies and
install them one at a time.

You should be able to set up Dag's FC1 repository and get most of those
there.

I see at least the libFLAC, xosd, faad, and libdvdread packages.
Probably others as well.
> Kind Regards,
>     Kostas

[Anil Kumar Sharma]

True, but recently I found that it does not play
mp3surroundhttp://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/download/mp3surround/downloadpage.htmland
HD-WMVhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx.
Well that is only for its all round capability. In any case VLC is very
good, no doubts. Also mp3surround is not very popular AFAIK and HD-WMV (or
equivalent) is likely to be popular.

On 10/15/05, James Pifer  wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:34 +0100, Ollie Roberts wrote:
> > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
>
> After struggling for a while with totem and xine (probably missing
> plugins), I've switched to videolan-client (vlc). Plays everything I've
> thrown at it so far.
>
> James
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

--
Anil Kumar Shrama

[Anil Kumar Sharma]

Another problem with DVD players is that while most of DVD's Audio content
is some flavour of multichannel sound (5.1 or higher), it is difficult to
make it work on Linux platform.
If you know that it is simple please tell me - lots of thanks in advance.
 I am finding it very difficult to get a true 5.1 output without down-mixing
to 2 channels.
I do have a 5.1 channel audio hardware (mobo - Intel D865GBF integrated
audio) fully tested with OEM drivers (only windows via dual boot).
I have installed latest ALSA drivers 1.0.9,
kernel-smp-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4.i686.rpm, VLC, Mplayer, Xine, Totem, gstreamer
and what not. FC4 is installed 100% through RPM and there are no unresolved
dependencies. Finally and most importantly there is some 5.1 media (content)
available for testing the audio.
Kmix gives me an option to select(ed) 6ch and other multichannel settings.
But sound output is not available on all 6 speakers. In stereo mode, sound
system works for pure pleasure.
 Again I thank you for your suggestions in advance and will submit
additional specific info required to solve this problem.
 On 10/19/05, Anil Kumar Sharma  wrote:
> True, but recently I found that it does not play mp3surroundhttp://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/download/mp3surround/downloadpage.htmland
> HD-WMVhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx.
> Well that is only for its all round capability. In any case VLC is very
> good, no doubts. Also mp3surround is not very popular AFAIK and HD-WMV (or
> equivalent) is likely to be popular.
>
> On 10/15/05, James Pifer  wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:34 +0100, Ollie Roberts wrote:
> > > I need to find some good DVD playing software for FC4. Any ideas?
> >
> > After struggling for a while with totem and xine (probably missing
> > plugins), I've switched to videolan-client (vlc). Plays everything I've
> > thrown at it so far.
> >
> > James
> >
> > --
> > fedora-list mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> --
> Anil Kumar Shrama

--
Anil Kumar Shrama

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:28 AM +0530 Anil Kumar Sharma 
 wrote:
> I am finding it very difficult to get a true 5.1 output without
> down-mixing to 2 channels.

I'd love to hear what you find out. You might get better results asking on 
specialty mailing lists that deal with specifically the sound stuff or with 
specific DVD software. Your question is more likely to get lost here. (I 
hope it doesn't.)