[geeks] Searching for software DVD movie player that will

[Mike Nicewonger]

on 2/2/02 12:55 PM, Michael Dombrowski at legodude at hammycorp.com wrote:

> On 2 Feb 2002 at 10:59, geeks-request at sunhelp.org wrote:
> 
>>> Try out ogle, there's nothing on their site to suggest that it won't
>>> work under OpenBSD. I know firsthand that it works beautifully under
>>> FreeBSD, and it supports DVD menus:
>>> http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/index.shtml
>> 
>> I looked at it and it does indeed build under OpenBSD, the problem I
>> think is it's full of x86 crapulent code. I need this to run on PPC
> 
> It supports Solaris/Sparc, has Yellow Dog packages and claims support
> for Altivec... OpenBSD also has it in it's ports tree. That seems
> pretty darn cross-platform to me.

Yepper that looks like what I am going to try. I rustled up a 6 GB hard disk
for the G3 laptop and am going to try an install later today :)

Thanks for all the input.

Mike N