From: Paul Thompson on 5 Mar 2010 11:06 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 5 Mar 2010 14:53
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 |