[Tfug] Hate to say I told you so..

[christopher floess]

>> Personally, though, I do my DVD playing with either MythTV or Xine.  Xine
>> handled DVD menus long before mplayer, too. Of the many DVDs I've thrown at
>> the system, only one has had problems playing that weren't related to a
>> lousy disc (scratches, rental, etc.).
>
> And there you go. A non-standard DVD which you simply cannot play on Linux.
> Whereas on a Mac, I can pretty confidently say it would play. Put it to the
> test, if you get chance.

I've run into dvds I can't play on Windows. Furthermore, I'll gladly
swap that one dvd that didn't work for all the foreign dvds that I can
play when my friends turn to me because of zone restrictions.

<pot calls kettle black>
> Same with the unsupported slightly-nonstandard DVDs: the usual response is
> along the lines of "It doesn't conform to the standards! Your problem!
> *smug*"

> Yeah I'm being mean. Sorry, but you didn't do your research.
<pot calls kettle black />