[CentOS] DVD support on CentOS 5.1

Fri Feb 1 10:17:02 UTC 2008
Ross Cavanagh <ross-cavanagh at bm-sms.co.jp>

> 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.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Can anyone provide a link for rpm's that will provide DVD support on 
>> CentOS
>> 5.1 32bit? I installed the Gstream rpm's so at least I have mp3 and mpeg
>> support, I just really want DVD support as well.
>
> The package that you want to install from rpmforge is:
>
> gstreamer-ugly-plugins
>
> It should make gstreamer (and totem on centos5) be able to play dvds.
>
> I am not sure if it works, as I use mplayer on my personal workstation :D
>
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
Also, you may require libdvd, this is available from the rpmforge repo.

-Ross-