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I'm trying to use xine... packaged with Redhat 7.3... HOw do I play DVDs???!!! My dvd device is /dev/cdrom (my cdrw is /dev/cdrom1)... Trying to play the Matrix... Let me know if you need more details... Thank you in advance!!!!!! :D
Thank you for the quick response... Yeah I was trying xine actually... I pressed the DVD button... nothing.. I looked at the device.. It was looking for a /dev/dvd ... but mine us under /dev/cdrom... made a symbolic link... but nothing... This was straight out of a fresh redhat 7.3 install... do I need to put anything else?
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Response Number 3
Name: Lawrence Date: August 18, 2002 at 09:42:33 Pacific
Reply:
If xine doesn't play your DVD, then perhaps you want to check out either vlc or omi!!! vlc --> www.videolan.org omi --> www.linuxvideo.org
In fact, I am playing The Mummy Returns using omi_gtk right now... I am running RedHat Linux 7.2.
E-mail me directly, lkmao2001@yahoo.com, if you need to contact me. You can get more info from their website either vlc or omi.
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