Xine?

[JayeDVXIII]

I have RedHat 7.3 and I would like to use Xine but I have trouble trying to get it to play DVDs.

I've asked this question before but always seem to get a really vague response.

From what I can determine, the player is looking for a dvd input of /dev/dvd

There is no such file on my machine, so my question is how do I create this file so that Xine will see my dvd drive and the inserted dvd and play it correctly?

Btw..I tried Ogle but it always locks up and doesn't work.

And if anyone is going to mention a Simlink..please give instructions as to how to do that.

thanks

[saithan]

for xine there is an easy way to solve that problem.
look in /home/username/.xine/config
and find where is says:
# path to your local dvd device file
# string, default: /dev/dvd
input.dvd_device:/dev/dvd
change it to point to /dev/cdrom
or open xine and in the setup menus you can also set this variable ( remember to close and restart xine after changing settings).

another fix for other programs that might not have such flexability, create a symlink in /dev named dvd point this symlink to the /dev/cdrom.
The method to create a symlink of this type can be found in the xine howtos.

the default xine that comes with RH7.3 will not play all dvds (encrypted). but there are versions and files that are available to solve this issue.
libdvdread
libdvdcss
libcss
and you will want the xine nav packages for reading the dvd menus.
hope this points you in the direction you were looking for.

[mdwatts]

ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd

See if that helps.

[JayeDVXIII]

thank you

it appears now that when i click "DVD" ..Xine sees my dvd drive and begins to load some weird vob file.

However, I am trying to play the lord of the rings..and I know that yesterday I downloaded all the newest dvd read libs from freshrpms...including css and dvdread..etc

I dont see a picture and the video doesn't apear to play..nor will the program eject the current medium. :-( Even when oipening KDISKfree..and unmounting this device..it wont eject unless i close xine

I know this program works because I remember it worked in Mandrake when I had tried that distro..but in red hat it's been nothing but a pain..any help is appreciated

personal thanks to mdwatts for being so supportive :-)

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[JayeDVXIII]

I have tried other movies and I'm getting the same problem

When I actually hit play i get a "there is not available input plugin to handle ..." (the path to the first vob file on my dvd)

what am i doing wrong? :-(

[mdwatts]

Sorry as all I know is you usually need

libdvdread
libdvdcss
d4d or d5d plugin

and the Xine plugin path needs to be in /etc/ld.so.conf.

You also need to run as root, ldconfig after installing libraries and also after modifying /etc/ld.so.conf.

[JayeDVXIII]

okay please bear with me..i'm trying to follow these directions but am running into a lot of problems

the error return (when running xine from the konsole) that i get is some message about how xine doens't play encrytped dvds.

I have already installed libdvdread, libdvdcss...I was unable to find d5d or d4d and not sure why I or how I would have needed to edit a file called ld.so.config

i'm really confused..also I dont understand why the xine that came with mandrake worked perfectly but the one i downloaded to work with red-hat is so difficult to use

[JayeDVXIII]

Sorry as all I know is you usually need

libdvdread
libdvdcss
d4d or d5d plugin

and the Xine plugin path needs to be in /etc/ld.so.conf.

You also need to run as root, ldconfig after installing libraries and also after modifying /etc/ld.so.conf.

Could u please explain that a bit further? I went ot freshrpms and downloaded libdvdread and libdvdcss but did not find d4d or d5d (not even sure what that is) Could you also explain what is "ldconfig"...when I try to run this file from a root konsole prompt..I get command not found.

THanks