Re: DVD drives and Linux


Subject: Re: DVD drives and Linux
From: Nathan T Hjelm (hjelm@nova.lanl.gov)
Date: Thu Oct 28 1999 - 10:15:09 MDT


this might be an adress of interest to you:
linuxtv.org/dvd

Nathan Hjelm
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Urs Hochstrasser wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Graham wrote:
> >Is there any actual DVD support for Linux yet, or at least a way to
> >convince Linux not to freak out when it sees a DVD in the drive?
>
> Well, on my B&W G3 350/DVD ,YDL, kernel 2.2.6-something (the
> 'UniMouse kernel'), a DVD movie disc is recognized as such, I can
> mount it and list the contents (video files, etc) so there must be a
> UDF driver around.
>
> Do you have all the modules belonging to your kernel? When I upgraded
> to just the 'UniMouse' kernel without the modules, Linux wouldn't
> even recognize CD-ROMs any more...
>
> So now that we see the DVD files, needed next is a Player for the
> movies...anyone working on that?
>
> Cheers
> --Urs
>
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