DVD for Linux - audio problem

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Anita Lewis wrote:
> Hi.  I got the Plextor Combo CDRW/DVD player.  I can burn cds in linux and
> use that fine.  I installed MPlayer and compiled my kernel to enable dma.  I
> then figured out how to use hdparm to enable the dma on hdc and still have
> the thing set to scd0.
>
> So, I now get the movie going just fine at the right speed with audio.  Very
> nice for about 15 seconds and then the audio cuts out.  The video keeps
> going which makes me think that the bus speed is ok.  Anyone here know
> anything about this?  Maybe MPlayer is a little complex for the job.  I was
> going to try Xine, but I saw that they don't decode.  I had to install the
> lib for css separately for MPlayer too; so maybe that is what you do with
> Xine.

Go with Xine.  Its worth all the extra effort.  See my SxS for building
Xine, and its very easy to build.  MPlayer is a great movie player, but
i've had loads of problems trying to get it to work right with DVDs, while
Xine has always worked perfectly for DVDs.

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