[CentOS] DVD support on CentOS 5.1

[Nicolas Thierry-Mieg]

> Sysadmin at dte.net wrote:
>> Hello out there!
>>
>>  
>>
>> Been around the block trying to get DVD support for Totem, but I keep
>> running into dead ends everywhere I go. Looking for CentOS 5.1-compatible
>> xine and xine-lib packages as that seems to be the answer, but the 
>> only ones
>> I find (like on DAG) seem to be just dead links or I get a message 
>> that the
>> mirrors are unavailable when I try to run the rpm.

your problems with xine from rpmforge must have been temporary network 
issues, the packages exist and work fine.
xine will give you access to the DVD menus, sometimes this is very 
useful. Otherwise mplayer is great (but it doesn't do menus).
I wouldn't fight to get totem working...
cheers,