[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]
“It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including
DVD subtitles, but supports many text-based subtitle formats too.
For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported.
It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI
(pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.“The first package to install is debian-multimedia-keyring
“First download the debian-multimedia-keyring package using the
following commandwget
http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/debian-multimedia-keyring/debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb