> DVDs...
> I can play them on my system with xine, but the images are out of sync
> with the audio. This is something I figured was related to my cheap
> ($30) dvd drive.
>
> My questions are:
> 1) Do you have a cheap dvd drive or a good one?
The computer in question is a 5+ year old Compaq that came with a DVD
drive back when DVD ROM drives were a real selling point. I don't know
what brand it is. I can look when I get home tonight if you really want
to know.
> 2) Have you experienced the audio sync problem with Linux in the past?
Sometimes in some video playback but this is my first experience with DVD
playing. The previous time I tried to set it up a couple of years ago was
a failure and I did not care enough to worry about it. (I'd rather sit in
the living room to watch a movie.) That previous difficulty is why I
picked it as a test of the update process in Fedora. I only watched about
5 minutes of the DVD during the testing. I'll have to try again to see if
there are sync issues. I don't recall any. It's only a 400MHz CPU and I
was surprised at how well it was doing. I'll report back after a longer
test.
> 3) Are the dvd decryption libraries part of the Ogle package or did apt
> take care of those for you?
apt took care of it, I assume. I did nothing special. As I reported, I
installed Fedora, configured the repositories, did the apt-get and was
immediately able to play a few minutes of a DVD.
> Again, good job on the review. I found it helpful.
Thank you.
Alan
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