[Gllug] Re: Ogle DVD

[Andrew Halliwell]

And verily, didst Pete Ryland announce to the hordes:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:12:25AM +0000, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> > The whole reason I got the dvd drive 2 days ago was because freeserve had a
> > special "as you've been a customer for over a year" promo with
> > ilovefilm.com.
> > 
> > 1 month free, 2 CDs out at a time, you build up a list of films you want, set
> > priority if you prefer some more than others, when you send one back (in the
> > pre-paid envelope), they send you another from your list. I've just seen the
> > first two I booked out, harry potter was the one with the major glitch in
> > the middle, and just saw star trek nemesis last night. (the linux players
> > appear to have a problem with special features too,
> 
> Sounds like a nice plan.  How much is it?

Heh, didn't check the price, seeing as I'll be cancelling after the freebie
period... I think it was something like 30 quid a month or something.

> > mplayer: video lags audio for a couple of minutes before audio drops
> > out completely.  
> 
> Try "-framedrop" and/or "-autosync 30".  Also make sure that you have access
> to rtc and maxfreq is set to 1000 if using softsync.  What video/audio
> drivers are you using?

Alsa and nvidia.
thanks for those though, might try them when the next dvd arrives.
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