Linux DVD Players Reviewed

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.

Comments

GUI necessary?

[tps12]

MPlayer does not compile with a GUI by default, which is a little bizarre. To be fair, this is not a negative point as this is not really required if you just intend to use MPlayer to play back DVDs, as it does not support DVD menus. So having a GUI is not really necessary for DVD playback. However, if you intend to use MPlayer to play back other file types, you will need the GUI.

Nice.

Ridiculous claims aside, I'd prefer to steer clear of semilegal areas like DVD viewing under Linux. Linux users are used to having to reboot into Windows to play games, do word processing, download music, and print, so making them do the same to watch a DVD shouldn't bother too many people.