DVD - Digital Versatile Disks have stormed onto the personal computing scene, at least for Windows users. I was once one of those enjoying my Creative Encore 5x DVD Rom kit in my unstable Windows environment, and was quite content for the most part. Then came linux. Apparently I could no longer watch DVD's on my computer for the sole reason I have chosen a different operating system than the mainstream. Many banded together to get the drivers, kernel patches, and other software together so we could once again enjoy watching DVD's in Linux! This HOWTO will point you to the many resources on the internet about DVD playback, and how to get your Creative DXR2/Encore 5X kit up and running in Linux.
Copyright John Robicheau 2000. All rights reserved.
Be advised that the author assumes no responsibility for lost data, OS crashes, or any other form of loss due to the use of this document.
Short: If you read it all, all should go well..
This is the first draft of this HOWTO. I am no Longer answering email. This project is now unmaintained.
A list of sites concerning DVD and linux that are must see's. Don't worry too much about grabbing everything right this moment, The links to the patches and sites will also be where thet are required in this document. This section is just to gather all the great sites together. :)
This HOWTO is written around the Creative DXR2/Encore 5X DVD ROM kit. So I am only going to concentrate on that for now. As more information comes in I will be more than happy to include it.
With that in mind assume the instructions are for just the Creative Encore 5X.
Table: Current Hardware Support- Jan 14, 2000
DXR2 - SUPPORTED
- CT7120
- Ziva chip at the heart
- NT & Windows95/98 and Linux
DXR3 - NOT SUPPORTED
- CT7240
- people looking at it
- NO DOCS *** CLabs have helped as fully as they can ***
- some level of CSS on chip and rest in SW.
- NT, Win95/98
INLAY - NOT SUPPORTED
- CT7160
- Commonly mis-named "DXR2 / DXR2 INLAY"
- Luxonor LS220 chip
- people looking at it
- I've posted the doc's to the list
- DDK Source via MS also posted here
- thanks to Luxonor for docs - some level of CSS on chip and rest in
SW. (Like DXR3?)
- Win95/98 is as far as the drivers go
The following is a list of te features currently supported by the Linux DXR2 / Encore 5X driver from Creative:
Table: Features
Supported Feature Y / N
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DVD Playback yes
Menus not yet
Widcreen yes
Camera angles partial
Dolby Digital AC-3 yes
Sound out yes
S-Video out yes
TV out yes
Chapter Selection yes
Bookmarks yes
Foreign displays yes
Please keep in mind that this table is being compiled from personal experience, if you know of any features that are or are not supported please tell me. They will be included.
Mailing lists pertaining to DVD in Linux: