DVD software

[Bill Fink]

On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Bill Fink wrote:

> 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 ;-)
> 
> 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).

Followup:  For those who might be interested, the 0.9.13 version of
           xine has just been released, available from:

	   http://xine.sourceforge.net/

						-Bill