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DVD Decoder/Players for Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the does-this-exist? dept.

Robotech_Master asks: "I have a Sony 5x DVD-ROM drive, and a Hollywood + decoder for it. At the moment, I have to boot to Windows to watch DVDs, and would rather not have to do that. Has anybody written H+-compatible drivers or software decoders for Linux? I'd prefer a hardware driver, but my C300A/450 with 192 megs of RAM is enough of a workhorse to do it in software if I had to. What issues are there that prevent people from writing such drivers? How can they be overcome? I expect that DVD-ROM programs for Linux will come about sooner or later, but the only way it can be sooner is if people get around to it... " Good point! Does anyone have any useful status reports?

3 comments

  1. A link. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I wondered (too) about Linux support for DVDROM (DVDRAM), and I have just found this:
    http://linuxdvd.corepower.com/ "LinuxDVD project". Sounds like a start point. Any other relevant URL ?

  2. the lack of comments is worrying by johnjones · · Score: 1

    well what can I say !

    I have heard that someone had a driver up and running for some board ! I was invetigating it for software and did not take much notice sorry.

    isn't it a standard so writeing software should be fairly easy (but complex in actual fact)

    there was a group of people wantng to develope a card which was GPL design I think!
    please I also would like to know more

    john

    a poor student @ bournemouth uni in the UK (a deltic so please dont moan about spelling but the content)

  3. DVD and Linux by romal · · Score: 1

    Hi,

    I've emaild Creative and Sigma a few weeks ago. Sigma has "Linux development under research" and Creaf told me, "if, not before year's end".

    cu romal