What distro/versions are you using? I compiled Xine 0.9.1 with no trouble on Slackware 8 (X 4.1.0, kernel 2.4.10, with a GeForce DDR).
MDK 8.0 (X 4.0.3, kernel 2.4.1, Geforce 2 MX DDR), nvidia drivers installed. I didn't compile, but used the RPMs and followed the "if you're using Mandrake 8.0" instructions.
I've just d/l the tar.gz's , but compiling on this system always seems to take so much time.... (in the sense that it never works 1st time, only on about th 10th time). I'll have to do it when all other options are exhausted.
Are you actually opening the files individually using Xine? You should just click on the DVD (or whichever decss'ing plugin you have) button along the bottom of the control box and it will find the whole movie.
Err... mine appears to be a tab near the top that says DVD, so I clicked on that. Press the play button, and it hangs....
In one HOWTO, it mentioned that if a DVD is encrypted, you have to make sure that the device is NOT read only (i.e. have write permission on it), in order to negotiate the encryption keys. Did you do this? I mean, did your install ONLY involve compiling and away you went, or did you have to go thru setting up MTRR etc. ??
If you still have no luck, run it from a terminal window and look at the messages it gives out when you try and play a movie.
That'll be my next step.
Once you get it working Xine is excellent, it produces smoother video than PowerDVD on W2K on my PC (Athlon 800).
Now you're just teasing me! My monitor is larger than my TV screen (only ever watch the news on TV anyway), so hence all this palaver.
I'll not have access to my box til the weekend... and well, it'll be the weekend, so I probably won't get owt done till next week.
Thx for the tips, perhaps my next mail about Xine will be more of a "Hooray! it works!" one. :)
Ricardo