DVD's and FreeBSD

Danny Pansters danny at ricin.com
Fri Dec 7 19:29:02 PST 2007


On Friday 07 December 2007 22:37:12 Gary Kline wrote:
> 	Update:
>
> 	Well, totem chokes when trying to play a DVD, but kmplayer works
> 	--altho with fewer control flow options.  And after compiling
> 	in "device atapicam" into my KERNCONF, k3b still chokes.   So.
> 	For "toys", Linux; for superior [unbeatable] stability, FreeBSD
> 	is still first rate.
>
> 	gary

You may want to enable the xine backend in the kmplayer port. It's more 
recommended for DVD playback than mplayer, from what I read. I hardly use 
DVDs but I think it gives more menu functionality if that's what you're 
after.

Dan


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