[MPlayer-users] insane compulsive maniacal mencoder settings

[Martin Collins]

On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 20:08:24 -0500
Michael Waters <stonin at rogers.com> wrote:

> I've had no problems watching xcds with mplayer.  Do not use the
> CDFS kernel module as suggested by some of the people in the
> newsgroup.  It does not work.  Just burn the image with cdrdao and
> then `mplayer -vcd 2`.  Sometimes you might need to play around with
> the`-ss` option. like `-ss 5:00`... try different timings.  If
> playback is choppy, use `-cache`.

Ah, track 2. I should've thought of that. I've not dealt with vcd type
things before. Works beautifully now, apart from seeking but I believe
that's a known problem with oggs. Thanks for the swift and useful reply.

Martin