[lug] dvd playback with mplayer

[Tony Dyson]

It might be worth your while to look at the Ogle DVD player. Try the 
"freshrpms" packages -- http://shrike.freshrpms.net/

I generally get better results with Ogle, but I have DVD's that will 
play on one of the packages, but not the other.

Alex Olivas wrote:
> i'm trying to play dvd's with mplayer and am having problems.
> the screen is split into four distinct sections. one of which is a
> magenta band in the middle.
> 
> i'm trying this on a 500MHz AMD K6.  i know this is very slow
> for what i want to do.  even mplayer told me the cpu was too slow. :)
> 
> what i was wondering, though, is whether this effect is sympotmatic
> of too slow a cpu or could i have other problems.
> 
> i am planning on upgrading to a faster machine, but would like to
> work out any bugs in the meantime.
> 
> i'm using RH9 and mplayer 1.0pre2.