On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 14:04, alandd@consultpros.com wrote:
> > DVDs...
> > I can play them on my system with xine, but the images are out of sync
> > with the audio. This is something I figured was related to my cheap
> > ($30) dvd drive.
> >
> > My questions are:
> > 1) Do you have a cheap dvd drive or a good one?
> 
> The computer in question is a 5+ year old Compaq that came with a DVD
> drive back when DVD ROM drives were a real selling point.  I don't know
> what brand it is.  I can look when I get home tonight if you really want
> to know.

That's ok. This is enough of an answer.

> 
> > 2) Have you experienced the audio sync problem with Linux in the past?
> 
> Sometimes in some video playback but this is my first experience with DVD
> playing.  The previous time I tried to set it up a couple of years ago was
> a failure and I did not care enough to worry about it.  (I'd rather sit in
> the living room to watch a movie.)  That previous difficulty is why I
> picked it as a test of the update process in Fedora.  I only watched about
> 5 minutes of the DVD during the testing.  I'll have to try again to see if
> there are sync issues.  I don't recall any.  It's only a 400MHz CPU and I
> was surprised at how well it was doing.  I'll report back after a longer
> test.
> 
> > 3) Are the dvd decryption libraries part of the Ogle package or did apt
> > take care of those for you?
> 
> apt took care of it, I assume.  I did nothing special.  As I reported, I
> installed Fedora, configured the repositories, did the apt-get and was
> immediately able to play a few minutes of a DVD.
> 

Well, my decision is between debian-testing, and fedora. I'm going to
try fedora first because of the redhat familiarity. The dvd is not even
going to factor in to the decision but since you mentioned it I wanted
to ask.

Bart