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

[Joey Parrish]

On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 07:38:55PM +0100, Felix Buenemann wrote:
> > 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!

If you still have doubts, read libmpdvdkit2/device.c and look for the
phrase "X:" and you will see how win32 dvdread decides to open a raw
device.  The conversion to \\d. whatever crappy form win32 uses
internally is done by dvdread.  Specifying the device that way has been
incorrect for a long time.

--Joey

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