Because what mplayer puts out, mencoder can digitize. Since my goal is to not have to take DVD's with me on travel, digitizing a movie or three before I go would be nice.
XINE does indeed play a DVD perfectly, but it does not encode. The screen-captures are nice for backgrounds, though. Japanese archery is an elegant art. Curt- >This is not an answer to you question, but why use Mplayer if Xine does >the job? Is it purported to be better? >H -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
