[NCLUG] linux dvd

[Mike Loseke]

Thus spake Kennan Blehm:
> 
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Idris S Hamid wrote:
> 
> > Dear tuxhacks,
> > 
> > What do u guys recommend for watching dvd's in Linux? Has anyone tried Ogle?
> > 
> > http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/
> > 
> > Any tips on getting it working well? I may install it this weekend.
> 
> I've tried Ogle, Xine and VLC. So far Ogle has worked out really well --
> especially for DVD menuing. I can't remember if Xine supports DVD menus as
> of now. It's been a while since I installed Ogle, but I believe it also
> provided a neat script to run which automatically downloaded and installed
> the pertinent decss libraries. Aside from the lack of DVD menus, VLC
> worked nicely, too.

 On the features list at the Xine site they mention DVD menus can be used
with the help of an external plugin.

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