DVD software

[Bill Fink]

On Thu Aug 1 2002, Neill Miller wrote:

> I'm currently running Xine 0.9.9, but don't hesitate to also compile an
> older version like 0.9.6 and give it a try.  Anyway, I thought I'd
> mention this because I may have painted a sad picture of what the G3 400
> Powerbook is capable of to some people.  More importantly, Shawn - don't
> give up...it's possible ;-)

Hi Neill,

It's great to hear about your success using xine to watch DVDs on
a G3 400!  The 0.9.12 release of xine added support for some QuickTime
mov files including the older SVQ1 Sorenson video codec (but not the
newer SVQ3).  And I believe the soon to be released (in the next few
days) 0.9.13 xine release will have support for the QuickTime 6 MPEG-4
files (haven't tested this yet).  So you may want to try the 0.9.13
version once it comes out (the 0.9.12 version had some serious bugs
on PPC that I have previously posted other people's patches for).

I'll have to revise my opinion about the lower end of PPC systems for
which it is reasonable to watch DVDs with xine.  Has anyone else had
success watching DVDs with xine or another player (with non-choppy
video and decent audio) on a less performant system than the G3 400?
If yes, I'd really like to hear about it.

						-Regards

						-Bill