Yes, there are players. xine and xmovie have both worked for me as
software-only players.
For hardware, opensource.creative.com is one place to get dxr2 support. I
used to use it, but haven't for a long time since I got rid of the card
to free up a slot. Note: it has to be a true dxr2 and not an inlay card
(if it uses the external patch cable you should be okay, IIRC, but if it
uses the internal ribbon cable, you're SOL)
There is also support for the hollywood/dxr3 cards, but I've never used
it either.
http://heroinewarrior.com/xmovie.php3
http://opensource.creative.com/
http://www.nott.ac.uk/~psystrj/XINE-FAQ.html
There are others, but I've never used them...
> Yes, there are players. xine and xmovie have both worked for me as
> software-only players.
I use Videolan (www.videolan.org) mostly, although on my system it has a
problem with consuming more and more CPU as time progresses.
It does work however and also has the CSS support in the standard
distribution.
Thomas
I support this.
vlc (videolan) is the best, in my experience. Plays whole movies (not
like xine individual vob files only), doesn't need any complicated
procedures to get css support etc.
What I miss with vlc is better support for keyboard shortcuts (fast
forward, rewind, stop, pause...), don't like to use the mouse
permanently. Moreover, gamma from inside vlc (although it is an
option) doesn't work (I have to use "xgamma" instead).
I also wanted to try oms/omi, but whatever I did, I couldn't compile
omi, so I gave up; vlc compiled without any errors, all in all, it is
my favourite.
Regards
Peter(sen)