From: Paul Thompson on
On 03/05/2010 07:57 AM, Paul Thompson wrote:
> On 03/04/2010 12:05 PM, WLS wrote:
>> On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:42:59 -0600, Paul Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> What's the best way to watch DVDs with 11.2?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Paul
>>
>> I use xine, because it seems to be the only program that starts at the
>> beginning, showing previews if included. VLC and Totem seem to go
>> directly to the movie menu for some reason.
>>
>> May be the way I have them configured, but haven't been able to figure
>> that problem out. Some will say it's not a problem. LOL!
>>
>> VLC is my next choice, if I want to bypass the previews. :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> When I run Xine I get that it "lacks certain features", guess I need new
> libraries. What's a good source for them?
>
>
Thanks all, good progress, but now I get "Source can't be read - maybe
you don't have enough rights for this - or source doesn't contain data ..."

Checking access on the DVD it seems to show 'r' for user, and dual
booting into Vista the DVD plays OK?

From: Darklight on
Paul Thompson wrote:

> On 03/05/2010 07:57 AM, Paul Thompson wrote:
>> On 03/04/2010 12:05 PM, WLS wrote:
>>> On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:42:59 -0600, Paul Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's the best way to watch DVDs with 11.2?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>> I use xine, because it seems to be the only program that starts at the
>>> beginning, showing previews if included. VLC and Totem seem to go
>>> directly to the movie menu for some reason.
>>>
>>> May be the way I have them configured, but haven't been able to figure
>>> that problem out. Some will say it's not a problem. LOL!
>>>
>>> VLC is my next choice, if I want to bypass the previews. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> When I run Xine I get that it "lacks certain features", guess I need new
>> libraries. What's a good source for them?
>>
>>
> Thanks all, good progress, but now I get "Source can't be read - maybe
> you don't have enough rights for this - or source doesn't contain data
> ..."
>
> Checking access on the DVD it seems to show 'r' for user, and dual
> booting into Vista the DVD plays OK?


you need these packages

libdvdcss
libdvdread
w32codecs-all