> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:52 AM, David McGuffey > <davidmcguffey at verizon.net> wrote: > > This is my first post here on the CentOS forums.? I've been running > Fedora > > since FC4, and have been working with RHEL 4 at work.? But this is > my first > > foray into CentOS. > > > > I followed the multimedia guidance on the wiki, and now have the > ability to > > view a lot of different video clips on the Internet, and have the > ability to > > listen to a variety of music files.? However, watching a DVD movie > still > > escapes me. I followed all the steps on the page in the wiki, and > had no > > errors in the output. > > DVD playing has been kind of an odd problem for me on my desktop > computer using CentOS 5.3. No problem at all on my laptop. I like and > use VLC, but it won't play DVDs on this particular computer -- I get a > segmentation error. Nor will mPlayer or Totem work. Xine works fine, > so I just use that. VLC works fine on my laptop. I've never had any > luck with Totem. > > > When I put the DVD (Master and Commander in this case), into the > drive, > > totem automatically comes up and I get a warning that I don't have > the > > correct codec to play it. > > That's my experience. And there never seems to be any fix that > actually works. > > > I killed totem and manually tried to start the DVD with mplayer. > mplayer sat > > there...not recognizing that there was a DVD in the drive. > > mPlayer, on my computer, recognizes the DVD, it just doesn't play it. > > > So...what final steps do I need to complete to get a commercial DVD > movie to > > play? > > > > machine is a Dell Latitude D830 with 2GB of ram and an Intel Core 2 > Duo. > > The first thing I would try is downloading and installing VLC. If that > doesn't work, go for Xine. > > -- > RonB -- Using CentOS 5.3 Thanks...you are the second one to recommend xine. I gave up on toten and mplayer and loaded xine. It recognized the dvd and played it...but it gives me an error/warning about dropping lots of frames and jerks to a halt once every few seconds. I'm working my way through the xine FAQ concerning performance to see if I can fix that on this laptop. The laptop is only about 18 mo old and not a dog. It is an Intel duo with 2GM of ram, and should have enough steam to play a dvd. It plays them well under MS Vista, but jerky under Centos 5.3 and xine, so it has to be a software issue.