DVD Playback HOWTO

David Jao

<djao@dominia.org>

2004-02-26

Revision History
Revision 1.0	2004-02-26	Revised by: DJ
Initial Release, reviewed by LDP
Revision 0.9	2004-02-07	Revised by: DJ
submitted to LDP
Revision 0.1	2004-01-26	Revised by: DJ
first public release

This document describes how to view DVD movies on a Linux computer with a DVD drive.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Copyright and License
1.2. Disclaimer
1.3. Feedback

2. System Preparation

2.1. Hardware Prerequisites
2.2. Creating the /dev/dvd symlink
2.3. Setting the DVD Region
2.4. X Video Overlay
2.5. Enabling DMA

3. Software Installation

3.1. Red Hat / Fedora
3.2. Debian
3.3. Slackware
3.4. Mandrake
3.5. SuSE
3.6. Gentoo

4. Software Usage

4.1. General principles: deinterlacing, telecine, and framerates
4.2. Specific usage instructions

5. Troubleshooting

6. Further Information

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