Anyone configure xine to play DVD on G3 PPC?

[Roger Scow]

Well, if that's the case, George, I'll just not worry too much about
it.  I don't watch a lot of DVD action on my machine.  Just wondered
about how to make it work in YDL.

I can always boot up in OSX if I'm on a plane or sumpin.

Thanks for the helpful response.

Roger


On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 21:16, George H Griffin wrote:
> Roger Scow wrote:
> 
> >I've got an iBook 800 with OSX and YDL 3.0.1, with a DVD-ROM/CD-RW
> >drive.  I can play cds, but the app tells me I don't have the proper
> >input plugins for DVD playback.  The control center in KDE tells me I
> >have a cdrom, but not necessarily a DVD drive.
> >
> >I've tried to compile the d4d and d5d plugins ... but am having compile
> >problems.  Can ./configure but getting lots of make errors.
> >
> >I've scanned the YDL howtos, but am still lost.  Google, likewise.
> >
> >Thanks, YDL chums.
> >
> >RDS
> >
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> Hi:
> 
> After jumping through many hoops a few months ago I finally got xine,
> using Kaffeine 0.4.3b as a front end, to play DVDs.  I don't recall all the
> steps, but I had to compile and install several different libraries
> and did a lot of googling to track down dependencies.  Unfortunately
> after all that work my experience was that the iBook 800 simply doesn't
> have the power to play DVDs, at least under linux.  Playback was very
> jerky and when there was actual video playing--as opposed to still 
> pictures in
> an introduction--the sound dissappeared.
> 
> I gave up and watch DVDs on my Athlon machine (running SuSE 9.1).  Playback
> quality is fine there.
> 
> Wish I could offer you more encouragement, perhaps I missed something
> that YD gurus can point out to you to get satisfactory performance.
> 
> George