Re: xine and kaffeine jumping

From: Jan Ritzerfeld (dont.use.this_at_nospam.and.noreply.ritzerfeld.net)
Date: 05/23/04 

Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 13:32:30 +0200

Carl Sanderson schrieb:

> I have managed to get xine and kaffeine to play regulr movie type DVDs
> with mixed resulte.
>
> 1. The playback is jerky. that is it plays for about 5-6 seconds then
> pauses and then continues (buffering?)

Try "xine-check". I would guess that DMA isn't activated for your DVD drive.

> 2. One user has audio and another does not (home install and 3 users). I
> copied the .xine/config and .kaffeine/config files form the user that does
> have audio to that which does not and there is no change.

There could be several problems. Permission and owner of /dev/dsp, use of
artsd ... All other applications have sound logged in as the user without
kaffeine sound? (You don't log in two users simultaneously?)

> Could anyone offer any help on these.

MfG,
 Jan 

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