[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: MPlayer compliling bug on Mac OS X usinglibdvdnav

[Nico Sabbi]

sci-fi at hush.ai wrote:

>
> I got a similar nm listing after getting libdvdnav2 cvs built & 
> installed (I always do both --enable-shared --enable-static for every 
> lib when possible).

>
> I built mplayer with --disable-dvdread --disable-mpdvdkit but let it 
> autodetect dvdnav:
> [...]
> Checking for VCD support ... yes Checking for DVD support (libdvdnav) 
> ... yes Checking for DVD support (libmpdvdkit2) ... no Checking for 
> DVD support (libdvdread) ... no Checking for cdparanoia ... no 
> Checking for libcdio ... no
> [...]
>
> I know DVDNAV_LIB was properly set and included into the Makefile.  
> But I've been discovering a bunch of libs aren't found if I don't also 
> put them into --extra-libs.  I have a hunch that any -L/-l that follow 
> -framework for Darwin/OSX builds are ignored for some reason.  So I 
> had to add -L/usr/local/lib -ldvdnav to --extra-libs to resolve 
> UDFFindFile.


dvdnav-config --libs should output those flags. doesn't it?

> $ mplayer -noquiet -v dvdnav://


try at least dvdnav://1

> libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
> Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/rdiskN
> [file] No filename
> Failed to open dvdnav://.
> This /dev/rdiskN is the familiar problem with dvdnav and other such 
> libs on Darwin/OSX.  If we su root and make a symlink rdiskN->rdisk5 
> under /dev (the currently known system-chosen slot of the physically 
> mounted DVD), mplayer _can_ play the title page, but still cannot 
> navigate.


and what about specifying the correct -dvd-device ?

> The title menu says to hit 'enter' to play the movie, but mplayer 
> simply exits after a few seconds after doing that 


enter in mplayer quits the file being played

> -or- by trying to mouse-click on that part of the screen (End of File).  


add -mouse-movements, but it works only with derivatives of x11

> Apple's DVD Player works fine as expected in this regard, and so does 
> a recent nightly build of VLC for OSX, on the same DVD.

does not compare

>
> I still believe that the mpdvdkit seems to be the best for OSX with 
> the current state of mplayer itself.  ISTR someone patched to fix the 
> /dev/rdiskN glitch, but it wasn't very pretty (hackery to guess which 
> numerical slot OSX has decided to use, it could still pick the wrong 
> device [I actually have two Pioneer drives installed here ;) ], and 
> that's why I briefly mentioned why Apple doesn't want to make it easy 
> to rip DVDs).


drop macosx and be happy