From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 11 09:00:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B5A8106566C for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:00:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0751B8FC12 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:00:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u5so1327252tia.3 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:00:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=969hUb7/dzbLB2SdDzuVp6t8Skei6/aF2eBZAYeDiQI=; b=c6UYAjsBvaZE8ImqR1Vy3Zty1zop1sHiGJRYYyJNGA5gWmISKe3wjXVscS7f1bymX5 AtIuPOhW+/UtDgU4xKVzEd72C1fX9PDQY6rJWMeeYjj6/YVP4QNDmMI1sJxJJqjqUgBk lDGzNFHyDG6hCWeuFZtmVsLzIiJaqi3YnfNlg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mscKGx59VvO/mwMspptcNegEDJc7y1GLAjfi7NkBrbyR4KU+wXOID6MzfPcNBreEZ6 jHnvoC1Vrdn6l40S/yr0VJh2fnVJEBJk8Kv4Uez0st59U7Py4ci3nRFiucJB0meyfR5r oRUo2/pTk2PBBmQ/OnTBiSgGGE2DnQL6kX9qk= Received: by 10.110.92.8 with SMTP id p8mr6051343tib.56.1239440418687; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:00:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unxfbsdi.local.lan ([117.196.224.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d7sm818093tib.22.2009.04.11.02.00.09 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:00:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49E05C71.5000403@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:31:37 +0530 From: Manish Jain User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090408) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: The Last Frontier : a good multimedia application X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:00:20 -0000 Hi all, After weeks of fumbling and struggling, I have made my full transition from Linux to FreeBSD, thanks in no mean measures to the assistance of this forum. I've got my FreeBSD 7.1 x86 system set up exactly as I wanted it and now I am looking to move one step further - and that is one big step. I wish to get rid of my Windows installation too, which exists purely for the purpose of multimedia entertainment - one area where I think GNU-based systems still have some way to go before they catch up with Win32 applications. However, I am willing to give it a try. I already have xmms set up, which takes care of the audio part reasonably well. The big hole that remains is a video application. What I looking for is something on these lines : 1) I hardly ever play movies directly from the CD/DVD drive (/dev/dvd -> /dev/acd0, courtesy devfs.conf). First I copy them to the hard-disk (after decrypting any DVD's if needed). So I ideally want an application that can play .dat and unencrypted .vob files directly from a hard disk ntfs partition without incessently complaining about missing plugins. (If necessary, I can reformat the ntfs partition as ffs). Actually, to be more accurate, I don't even have any .vob files. What I have is unencrypted .iso images of the DVD's, which I guess I will need to mount via mdconfig. But if the application strictly needs .vob files, I'll extract them from the iso images for its benefit. 2) Since my DVD drive is capable of reading DVD's from all regions, it would be great if the application could also, if needed, directly play encrypted DVD's from the drive itself. I have libdvdnav, libdvdread, libdvdcss and libdvdplay installed. 3) The final point to be considered is the quality of the video/audio playback compared to, say, PowerDVD on Windows - which I have used (version 2.55) with absolute delight and satisfaction since I purchased my first DVD. Any tips/input would be greatly appreciated. To keep the discussion simple, HD/Blu-Ray are not in my plans for the current century. -- Thank you and Regards Manish Jain invalid.pointer@gmail.com +91-99830-62246 NB : Laast year I kudn't spell Software Engineer. Now I are won.