DVD-Quality using Xine

Hi,
one little question about Xine.
I`m using Xine on my Arch-System incl. xine-ui and gxine .
I think that the Quality of Movies is not the best. I do not know the right words for it (sorry, I`m German and too long out of school ).
O.K., I`m also using Debian SID and on my SID-System the Quality of Movies (with Xine) is much better.
Any ideas how I can optimize my System for a better Movie-Quality?
My Workstation:
GeForce 2 MX 400, Asus Board with P4, 512 MB DDR ...
Own Kernel 2.6.7 with NVIDIA-Driver 5336.
Thanks for answers & greetings

fbidwell wrote:The xine in current is compiled without xv support, so playback quality is bad.  The problem is that xine won't compile with gcc 3.3.4. So we are stuck until the xine team fixes their compile problems.
um .... is this with respect to xv or in general? i compiled both xine and the ui last night without issue. i am also having no issues with playback.
if your issues are with playback then i suggest adjusting the DMA on the suspect drive. i can provide the settings i used to use later when i get home (or if you are impatient they can be found in the faqs page of the ogle website)

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    Thanks for the reply! I think your idea is a good one and it's a technique I tried a couple of months ago, one that's worked best so far. Unfortunately, it still doesn't meet the quality requirements we need to achieve. I was able to connect my Sony DCR-VX2000 to the pc via s-video, set the camera up as a second monitor, record to mini-dv, and capture to FCP. The limiting factor seems to be the maximum resolution of the second monitor (the camera), so the image quality still isn't as sharp as the image you see on the pc screen. I think this is still a far better solution than using Camtasia and going through all of the conversion steps necessary to get it to the final video (and that hasn't worked yet anyway!). So now I'm wondering if I use the DV in/out jack to connect the computer to the camera (or better yet to the G5 where I can capture everything with Snapz Pro X), would I get the quality I need? I tried that initially and could seem to make it work at all. Since I'm not as familiar with a pc as I am with a Mac, that's not a surprise! Or is there a DVD recorder available with a DV in jack (lots seem to have DV out), so I could record everything happening on the pc screen, burn it to DVD, and use something like Mac the Ripper to rip the mpeg-2 files for use in FCP? All I know is there's got to be a better way to do this than the ways I've tried so far. When I watch tv news, I ofter see screen recordings as part of news graphics, etc. and they always look fine. I guess it's possible they're doing it with the help of a bazillion dollars worth of equipment ... but maybe not. Anyhow, I again thank you for you response and welcome any further suggestions and ideas.
    Ernie Horan
    Topsham, ME and White Plains, NY
    CP 5.1.1 DVD SP 4.1.1
    Power Mac G5
    Number Of CPUs: 2
    CPU Speed: 2 GHz
    Memory: 4.5 GB
    Bus Speed: 1 GHz

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