Quote Originally Posted by winsnomore
use xine to play dvd's. that works like a charm .. the ui could be better, but heck it s usable.

I am told mplayer plays everything but it's never available with any debian distro by default.

regarding mepis having few warts .. I agree, but there are issues with it .. and those have to do with debian .. the javavm one major hassle.
Other reason I moved to knoppix 4.0 is that they DID pick most of the new software .. kde 3.4 for one, and open office 2.0 beta.
I hate to constantly having to download install newer stuff after loading a new distro .. so knoppix is excellent .. has tons more software than mepis or fc or suse .. etc.
Hello...thanks for the reply.I was using xine(With mepis and it worked fine) but when I loaded the knoppix 3.9 on my drive something came up while booting that said my 'DMA' was not enabled.I'm not sure,but does that have something to do with dvd play?would that be the reason for libdvdcss2 not having a 'candidate' to go to when I tried to download it?I want to give knoppix another try,guess I'll wait for 4.0 to be available on one of the mirrors.As for Mplayer,that came with dvd rip and it works fine.I like xine a bit better tho.Actually I don't care what it is called as long as it plays the dvd's.When I get the 4.0 am I going to have to update my repositories before I can download libdvdcss2 and such,or is it all in the new knoppix?Thanks for the mail...kerry