Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:50:46 +0530 From: Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> To: utisoft@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The Last Frontier : a good multimedia application Message-ID: <49E0A73E.2030806@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0904110404q19e1451dp69fa6ba63020d845@mail.gmail.com> References: <49E05C71.5000403@gmail.com> <b79ecaef0904110404q19e1451dp69fa6ba63020d845@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/4/11 Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com>: > >> 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. >> >> > > Have you tried vlc for video? I'm sure it's not something you've > completely overlooked, but it's probably worth another. > > You seem settled on xmms, have you also tried out musicpd for music? > You can use Sonata as a frontend, very nice to use, or even over HTTP. > It also carries on fine should X crap out :) > > Chris > > > Hello Chris, Thanks for the input. I certainly am not settled on xmms. It's the only one I was aware of so far. Further to that, I WAS actually for something that could do without X, because I work a lot on the console. I'll start the musicpd build right away. -- 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.
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