From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 10 23:40:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58F6716A41B for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:40:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1D1413C448 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:40:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBANdwFX020702; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:39:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id lBANdpUo020701; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:39:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:39:51 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Chuck Robey Message-ID: <20071210233951.GB20586@thought.org> References: <20071207213712.GA27586@thought.org> <4759D1B3.8020101@math.arizona.edu> <20071208040446.GA68355@thought.org> <475DA058.4030002@chuckr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <475DA058.4030002@chuckr.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 21 of service to the Unix community. Cc: Gary Kline , Predrag Punosevac , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: DVD's and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:40:03 -0000 On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 03:23:52PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > >On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 04:05:23PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > >>Gary Kline wrote: > >>> Update: > >>> > >>> Well, totem chokes when trying to play a DVD, > >>Totem is not good DVD player and that has to do nothing with the > >>FreeBSD, OpenBSD or whatever Linux you want to use. You may read > >>here why is so difficult to use DVDs > >>http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html > > > > I will see why totem just-works {TM} with Ubuntu. While here it > > is missing plugin, etc...... > >>Ogle is by far the best DVD player but VLC and MPlayer are able to play > >>stunning number of different proprietary and non-proprietary video and > >>audio formats. > > I know that comment about ogle certainly used to be correct. but I think > that may possibly be dated information. My FreeBSD machine is pretty > new, squeaky-clean, and all of the following dvd players (ones which I > have tried so far, doesn't mean they're the only ones either) work just > great: vlc, xine, ogle. Even though kmplayer works, I found it's > interface (which uses mplayer and xine as backends) ssmed a little clunky. ogle fails due to some permissions problem: ERROR[ogle_nav]: faild to open/read the DVD DVDSetDVDRoot:: Root not set p3 15:23 [1683] With kmplayer, altho it works with virtually everything, it is a bi t"clunky". Also, it will not show the menu part of my DVD. So far, vlc wins (in my lineup). But it's not intuitive at all. A cheet-sheet of the 50 top places to click would be a plus. > > Anyhow, it might be time for taking another looksee. All 3 of those > )vlc, ogle, xine) were really sharp and easy to use, good 5.1 audio > using my optically connected sound system. > > > It may be my last contribution befoore I cash out, but I *will* do a thorough, reable piece on gtting k3b to work. ...Hopefuully! gary > > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org