LiVid / linuxvideo

[Dpk]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 01:04:30PM -0400, Joe Glass wrote:

   A few threads back I read some stuff on DVD playing on Linux, and
   someone recommended linuxvideo.com, the home of the LiVid project.
   I installed OMS (open media system) and OMI (OMS gtk interface),
   and it played DVD's, but the sound and video speed didn't match (on
   new hardware).
   
   I looked for help on this issue, and it turns out that the software
   is in a development stage and doesn't yet support sound and video
   'syncing'.  The project is pretty much at a standstill, they are
   looking for someone to head the project.
   
   For anyone wondering, I was told to check out Xine, which is a more
   stable project.
   
   http://xine.sourceforge.net/
   
I experienced the same problems with OMS/OMI.  I was also not able to
stop, pause, or skip chapters once I hit play.  Xine was a little
better, but it wouldn't play a few of my DVDs for some reason (it
would seg fault) and would crash spuratically.  IMHO, the best DVD
player by far is Video Lan Client (VLC):

    http://www.videolan.org/

Development of it is much more rigorous than OMS/OMI or Xine.  It is
licensed under the GPL, it is stable, and has many features: slow
motion, fast forward, pause, arbitrary jumps within the stream,
chapter selection, etc.  I almost resorted to finding commericial
alternatives until I used it.

dpk