> Right now, it works perfectly when reading and writing data and audio > CDs. So you PROBABLY have proper permissions to use the device. Just to make sure, do a "ls -l /dev/hdc" and see who owns it. If it's like my system it'll be root:cdrom, both with rw access. Verify that you are in the proper group to access it, and make changes as needed. > There is no input plugin available to handle 'dvd:/'. Maybe MRL syntax > is wrong or file/stream source doesn't exist. > > Following the suggestion of the Xine website, I linked /dev/hdc to > /dev/dvd, but the Xine error messages were the same before and after I > made the link. Instead of doing that, I went into the Xine preferences, and made the change so that I could access "Advanced" preferences, and somewhere in there, you have the option to change the device that is used by default for certain things. I just pointed the DVD section to /dev/hdc. After that, get yourself libdvdcss2 and/or libdvdread3, iirc. I believe you will need non-us sources to get those. With those things taken care of, my computer was capable of playing DVD's for me. -- Justin Kremer <justin.kremer at gmail.com> "We seem to have an insatiable appetite for wanting to lump incongruous activities onto the complex task of driving." - Autoweek