DVD software

[Bill Fink]

Hi Graham,

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Graham Leggett wrote:

> > Run xine-check and pay attention to what it says.  Also check the
> > xine HOWTO at:
> > 
> > 	http://dvd.sourceforge.net/xine-howto/en_GB/html/howto.html
> > 
> > Especially check Section 9 (Increasing Performance).
> > 
> > The two biggest speed issues are making sure you are using Xv, and making
> > sure DMA is enabled on your DVD drive.
> 
> I have managed to get xine to play DVDs, but the performance is terrible 
> on my 400MHz G3 powerbook.

I know that Neill Miller has claimed to get reasonable performance
watching DVDs with xine on a similar setup.

> I am not using Xv, as it claims it is not there. What do I need to do to 
> add Xv to the XFree86 v4.2.0 that comes with YDL v2.2?

It may be as simple as specifying:

	Driver  "r128"

in the Section "Device" of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.  If that
doesn't do it maybe someone with the same type of hardware can send
you their working /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.

> I tried to install the ATI drivers from gatos, but the drivers do not 
> build properly on my machine (it complains of a number of missing header 
> files). Any ideas for getting gatos to work?

I don't know about this one as I've never tried to use the Gatos
drivers.

						-Hope this helps

						-Bill