[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Read scratched DVDs, warn for corrupt titles and report number of cells in title

[Erik Auerswald]

Hi Micah,

On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 06:10:14PM -0800, Micah Richert wrote:
> This patch does 3 things:
> Continues to next cell when DVD sector read fails instead of the
> current behavior of failing/signaling EOF.  This is useful for
> playing scratched DVDs.

I have a few DVDs that do not play until the end with MPlayer, but that do
play completely with VLC. Might you patch help with those?

How can I find out that your patch would help in playing a given DVD? Is
there a specific error message I can look out for?

> Reports the total number of cells in a DVD title.  This is useful
> for finding the longest title when title duration information is
> inaccurate.
> Warns when packs are out of order in the current title.  This is
> useful for finding titles that are corrupt/invalid.

I have too many DVDs with about 99 titles, most of those seemingly the same
length, that I cannot currently play using dvd:// -- I use VLC instead. Do
you think your patch could help with this kind of DVD?

I have applied your patch to my MPlayer checkout and intend to test it by
watching some DVDs in the coming weeks. Can you give me a hint what to look
for regarding your patch?

Thanks,
Erik
(still watching DVDs, preferably with MPlayer)
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