[TriLUG] divix players

[Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 11:54:50PM -0800, Jeremy Katz spoke thusly:
> Well, you *can* get mplayer to compile if you're willing to jump through
> the hoops they've put there (obligatory link to
> http://bero.org/gcc296.html which has the explanation of their
> misconceptions).  

I've built it on Red Hat Linux 7.2 no problem following the on-ste
instructions (and no referencing Bero, either!). Of course, it may
just be that my MPlayer is older?

> But, xine also worked well for divx and dvds back when I was trying the
> media players regularly (which has been six months or more now)

Both work very well. I'm using the latest xine from freshrpms to play
them now...

...if only I could find the just right program to convert them to the
proper mpeg1 format for vcds....right now I have to boot (feh) win2k
to generate the proper VCD streams & cuesheets, then back to linux to
burn (because cdrdao under windows stinks!)...

Anyone have any hints on this? (I know vcdimager runs under linux,
it's that pesky divx->mpeg1 conversion that's giving me fits...)

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