divx4

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:40:48 -0500
> Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
>
> > You got that right.  They are much better at telling you why they dropped
> > support for DeCSS than how their software works.  I did an install with
> > much headaches and dropped it because it never worked well...  Then I read
> > Llama's SxS and had a lot more confidence and built the RPM's for COLW.
> > Only then did I feel comfortable saying that my system was just too slow
> > :)
> >
> > I like Xine, but they are still a ways off from being stable.  It works
> > well if you hit play and let the movie play.  If you like to FF and REV a
> > couple times, forget it.  I have yet to try MPlayer...
>
> Gentoo plug:
>
> You should try Gentoo. The command to install a stable xine is:
>
> 	emerge xine
>
> It downloads the source and any patches, deals with dependencies, and
> compiles it locally with your favorite compiler and environment options.
>
> Of course, I still need to see how to play encoded DVDs, as the official
> Gentoo xine does not install this. Maybe there is an underground Gentoo site
> with such things. In Romania, I would imagine.

Well, my SxS on Xine provides instructions on how to build an Xine that
can play encrypted DVDs.


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