From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 11 14:19:19 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 99A7F106566C for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:19:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3145B8FC18 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:19:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u5so1418994tia.3 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:19:18 -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:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9uPbYif0YCO9whn1d9wD1W4Zi4HQ75g1Byovp/bd2dY=; b=L/11KzYmmD49OlxxG2HfC3BGWyozK8LTV3KK/4udozPq+Dn1x1n2EtAU7fXhdYbniC KoTarfBOCR5+GGHeK9tIr06+PoRXPVfRjMBoOut5b8OVmZwCe1hwvDYlLYBa61Sg4ul9 IUichnRAkbHHNdXoEhT9wLHsTv51RsCtzplD4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hysi5B0qx5+NN3J2lhJxWg78O2j5aDzS/hDV7mvbwUx70gB72wKN77kTuA4rM6Dgor +1hHnkkxq4Fr1FXHNvw6dnZDaPkcIjGgsZULv706of4kVPy1LkCsYpEvB3KU39SzNDJl 8ZasisXbuvazNNkgsiPaOk2Gy1bWdb0aG5RX8= Received: by 10.110.53.14 with SMTP id b14mr6337073tia.47.1239459557961; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:19:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unxfbsdi.local.lan ([117.196.224.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d7sm739852tib.2.2009.04.11.07.19.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:19:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49E0A73E.2030806@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:50:46 +0530 From: Manish Jain User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090408) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: utisoft@gmail.com References: <49E05C71.5000403@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: 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 14:19:19 -0000 Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/4/11 Manish Jain : > >> 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.