linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] udf DVD's, how to play them under Mint 6?

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] udf DVD's, how to play them under Mint 6?

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:46:35AM +0200, John Black wrote:

> Scott wrote:
> > Well, running it from xterm gives a whole lot of stuff in the terminal,
> > looks like the compile time options, and little gtk thingie opened up.
>
> So you are playing DVD movies in a terminal? ... do you have a plugin
> like HighdefDVD2ASCII or something :)
> But if you want to use vlc without the GUI interface you may use cvlc

For music, not videos. Sorry.

>
> > On the other hand, you younger folks might
> > have reasons having to do with audio quality that would go over my
> > head
>
> Yes the video produced by VLC is of higher quality then a lot of other
> players. Try loading a xvid file into another player and compare it to
> the output VLC produced, looks much better in VLC.

Looking at a DVD in both (in GUI, of course) yes, the quality does seem
a bit better in vlc. Of course, I might just be influenced by what you
wrote.

>

> Old folks, *slaps forehead*

<bites tongue about this young generation> :)

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