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On Monday 05 January 2004 10:21 am, Dany wrote:
> What about DVD playing ? Does that take advantage of the Nvidia driver
> or will that work with nv ?
>
> Dany wrote:
> > That's a good idea but if I do that I will be missing the cool
> > screensavers using OpenGL ;)
> >
> > Stijn Hoop wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 07:46:53AM -0500, Dany wrote:
> >>> What is the preferred method ?  .... The one that would give the
> >>> most stability (I don't really care about performance and fps).
> >>
> >> Just one thought: if you don't want 3D support, just go with the 2D
> >> 'nv' driver -- that should be stable.

I use the nv driver and the vlc (/usr/ports/multimedia/vlc) port to watch 
DVDs.

Have fun,

Andrew Gould