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Linux DVD Players Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-want-my-dvd dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Linux Journal have posted a review of DVD players on their site. Interesting review, that covers most of the main players, although there are a few minor errors." I've settled on Xine since it does most of the divx, wmv, and mpegs I want to see. If it just did Sorenson QT, it'd be perfect.

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  1. Re:Whats the point? by itsnotme · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe because some of us are college students and we do not have a TV in our room because our room is tiny , but we do have a computer and a decent computer monitor so we would like to use the computer to watch DVDs when we have a break in our sucky schedule!

  2. A crack in the wall by destinyland · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I agree that the MPAA, DeCSS, the DMCA, and technology journalism all suck. But the real problem remains that the old media dinosaurs are entrenched. Like today's big Lawrence Lessig article in Business Week, argues, Congress is in the pocket of the big Hollywood studios.

    How does this tie back to Linux DVD players? Well, it's a minor miracle when there's any publicity for anything that even remotely challenges the status quo. It's one more crack in the wall....

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  3. regarding mplayer by blonde+rser · · Score: 3, Insightful

    have u tried turning using_dma on with hdparm on /dev/cdrom? Common mistake and fixed everything up with me... also are u using cvs or some version... cvs mplayer is very stable and tends to fix these bugs