[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en cd-dvd.xml,1.9,1.10 faq.xml,1.24,1.25
Gabucino
gabucino at mplayerhq.hu
Mon Dec 8 23:15:44 CET 2003
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv9558/xml/en
Modified Files:
cd-dvd.xml faq.xml
Log Message:
removing last pitiful traces of old-style DVD support, with no remorse, but
utter cruelty
Index: cd-dvd.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- cd-dvd.xml 30 Nov 2003 13:07:40 -0000 1.9
+++ cd-dvd.xml 8 Dec 2003 22:15:42 -0000 1.10
@@ -115,18 +115,6 @@
</para></note>
<formalpara>
-<title>Old-style DVD support - OPTIONAL</title>
-<para>
-Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from <emphasis role="bold">hard disk</emphasis>.
-Compile and install <emphasis role="bold">libcss</emphasis> 0.0.1 (not newer) for this
-(If <application>MPlayer</application> fails to detect it, use the
-<option>-csslib /path/to/libcss.so</option> option). To use it, you need to be root,
-use a suid root <application>MPlayer</application> binary or let
-<application>MPlayer</application> call the suid-root fibmap_mplayer wrapper program.
-</para>
-</formalpara>
-
-<formalpara>
<title>DVD structure</title>
<para>
DVD disks have 2048 bytes per sector with ECC/CRC. They usually have an UDF
@@ -146,31 +134,14 @@
</para>
<para>
-The whole old-style DVD support with <systemitem>libcss</systemitem> therefore
-needs a mounted DVD filesystem and raw sector-based access to the device.
-Unfortunately you must (under Linux) be root to get the sector address of a
-file. You have the following choices:
-
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>
-Be root or use a suid-root <application>MPlayer</application> binary.
-</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>
-Let <application>MPlayer</application> call the suid-root fibmap_mplayer
-wrapper program to access the DVD (used in the old-style DVD playback over
-<systemitem>libcss</systemitem>).
-</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>
-Don't use the kernel's filesystem driver at all and reimplement it in
-userspace. <systemitem>libdvdread</systemitem> 0.9.x and <systemitem>libmpdvdkit</systemitem>
-do this (new-style DVD support). The kernel UDF filesystem driver is not
-needed as they already have their own builtin UDF filesystem driver.
-Also the DVD does not have to be mounted as only the raw sector-based
-access is used.
-</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
+DVD support needs raw sector-based access to the device. Unfortunately you must
+(under Linux) be root to get the sector address of a file. That's why we don't
+use the kernel's filesystem driver at all, instead we reimplement it in
+userspace. <systemitem>libdvdread</systemitem> 0.9.x and
+<systemitem>libmpdvdkit</systemitem> do this. The kernel UDF filesystem driver
+is not needed as they already have their own builtin UDF filesystem driver.
+Also the DVD does not have to be mounted as only the raw sector-based access is
+used.
</para>
<para>
Index: faq.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.24
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.24 -r1.25
--- faq.xml 30 Nov 2003 13:07:40 -0000 1.24
+++ faq.xml 8 Dec 2003 22:15:42 -0000 1.25
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@
Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD?
</para></question>
<answer><para>
-No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have the proper rights
+No. However you must have the proper rights
on the DVD device entry (in <filename class="directory">/dev/</filename>).
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
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