dxr3Player - DVD player for Linux/DXR3 / News: Recent posts

This release contains the changes accumulated over the two years since the last release. It is also intended to be the final one, due to relatively low interest recently. See the notes for more details.

The most important new feature is the capability to play DVDs using VIa's Unichrome (CLE266) chipset.

Other changes include: handling of the EXIT instruction, forced root menu display, saving/restoring DVD playback state, 3 speeds for fast forward/backward. Some bugs have also been fixed.

The most important new feature is the capability to play DVDs using any X Window System display with a sufficiently fast machine. Note, that DXR3 support remains and continues to be supported!

Other changes include: DVD ISO images and directories can be played, DTS audio is passed through to SPDIF, brightness, contrast and saturation control, French documentation, GCC 3.4 support.

With this release configuration settings can be stored in a file. Complete DVDs can be dumped onto the hard disk and played back. The language to use for audio and/or subtitles can be forced, as well as the region the player "pretends" to be able to play. A fixed audio delay can be specified.

This release adds support for MPEG audio streams, caching of DVD keys, and cycling audio and subtitle streams. The playback of linear PCM streams has also been fixed: 48 kHz, 16-bit stereo ones now work.

The major new feature of this release is digital audio output. An RPM package is also provided for the first time. Various smaller bugs were fixed too.

This release adds the "dumpdvd" utility. This program dumps some important data structures from the DVD into a file, which can be used to debug some problems without actually having the DVD in question.

A bug potentially causing long stoppages when navigating the DVD has been fixed too.

This release adds support for VGA overlays. The bug causing skips after some time was fixed. The VMG menu is not opened automatically anymore which eliminates assertions in case of certain DVDs. A Debian package is also added.

This release fixes compilation problems for those who do not have the LIRC client library and header installed. dxr3Player is a DVD player for Linux and the DXR3 (aka Hollywood+) MPEG-2 decoder board.

For more information visit the project's homepage: http://dxr3player.sourceforge.net

dxr3Player is a DVD player for Linux and the DXR3 (aka Hollywood+) MPEG-2 decoder board. This version adds support for infrared remote controls with the help of LIRC.

For more information visit the project's homepage: http://dxr3player.sourceforge.net

Fixed segmentation fault on Athlon processors and various audio playback-related lockups. dxr3Player is a DVD player for Linux and the DXR3 (aka Hollywood+) MPEG-2 decoder board. It implements all major DVD features, including support for DVD menus, navigation, fast forward and backward playback, subtitles, camera angle changes, etc.

For more information visit the project's homepage: http://dxr3player.sourceforge.net

dxr3Player is a DVD player for Linux and the DXR3 (aka Hollywood+) MPEG-2 decoder board. It implements all major DVD features, including support for DVD menus, navigation, fast forward and backward playback, subtitles, camera angle changes, etc.

Version 0.2 fixes some bugs users of the initial release encountered with. It also adds options to disable changing TV standard and/or aspect ratio based on DVD contents.... read more

dxr3Player is a DVD player for Linux and the DXR3 (aka Hollywood+) MPEG-2 decoder board. Version 0.1 is the initial release, but it already contains all major features, including support for DVD menus, navigation, fast forward and backward playback, camera angle changes, etc.

The code is believed to be quite stable, but it has been tested so far only by the author. Any feedback, testing results, bug reports, suggestions for features are appreciated. ... read more