[Gllug] DVD on Linux

Rob Andrews rob at impure.org.uk
Mon Sep 10 07:35:21 UTC 2001


[10-Sep-2001 00:16.28 (BST) / Axel Segebrecht]
 > has anyone got experience with running DVD on Linux?
 > i have a Matrox G400 dh and was just curious if it
 > was possible to watch DVD on dh over the Matrox.

Get XFree86 4.x and xine, and you're sorted.

The good thing about cards like the Matrox ones is that they support the Xv
extension, which provides an interface for hardware scaling and smoothing,
optimising playback for programs like xine.

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