Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Hans de Hartog <dehartog@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Media Player
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:16:46
Message-Id: 4572F70F.5080502@rootsr.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Media Player by Kellystewart00@yahoo.com.au
1 Kellystewart00@×××××××××.au wrote:
2 > Hey,
3 > Im relatively new to the whole gentoo system but im looking for a basic easy to use dvd player program something that isn't too touchy basically. Any reccomendations or opinions on this would be greatly appreciated!
4 >
5 > Thanks
6 >
7 > Kelly Stewart
8 > Sent via BlackBerry® from Vodafone
9 >
10
11 And there's Ogle
12
13 Features
14
15 * Supports DVD menus and navigation.
16 * Reads from mounted, unmounted DVDs and hard drive.
17 * Reads encrypted and unencrypted DVDs using libdvdread/libdvdcss.
18 * A new MPEG2 decoder with MMX, Altivec and SUN Solaris mediaLib
19 acceleration.
20 * Normal X11 and XFree86 Xvideo display support with subpicture
21 overlay.
22 * Accelerated display on Sun FFB2+ cards.
23 * Audio and subpicture selection.
24 * Handles advanced subpicture commands such as fade/scroll and wipe.
25 * Detects and uses correct aspect for movie and menus.
26 * Possible to play AC3, DTS, MPEG, LPCM via S/PDIF.
27 * Hardware yuv2rgb on Sun FFB2+ (Creator3D).
28 * Fullscreen mode.
29 * Screenshots with and without subpicture overlay.
30 * Title/chapter search.
31 * Audio formats supported: AC-3, MPEG, LPCM (DTS only via SP/DIF).
32
33 Limitations
34
35 * Reverse play not implemented.
36 * No angle selection during playback (angle selection in DVD menu
37 works).
38 * No closed caption support (not the same as subpicture subtitling).
39 * DTS audio not supported (other than via SP/DIF).
40 * To play another DVD you have to restart the program.
41 * Karaoke mode is missing.
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