[MPlayer-cygwin] win32 mplayer can't play dvd's

[Felix Buenemann]

On Saturday 24 January 2004 10:49, Sascha Sommer wrote:
> > On Friday 23 January 2004 23:12, devans at presscentre.net wrote:
> > > So I have just discovered the win32 version of mplayer and would like
> > > to test a DVD.
>
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/mplayer-mingw32-1.0pre3
>
> > >.zip
> > >
> > > And installed the Latest Win32 codecpack.
> > >
> > >
> > > I can play a DVD using the full path but not using the dvd://0 option.
> >
> > Have you tried adding -dvd-device E: or something like that?
> >
> > I know that I once did a lot of work on fixing the awfully broken win32
>
> code
>
> > in libdvdread, but it got upgraded inside mplayer later, so it might be
>
> all
>
> > the stuff got lost and not fixed later...
> > But on the other hand I haved tried the win32 port for ages.
>
> It is -dvd-device e:/video_ts on windows 98. Not sure if -dvd-device E:
> will work
> on other windows versions.
Then libdvdread win32 code is plain buggy!

>
> Sascha

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        Atmos
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