[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en faq.xml,1.40,1.41

Diego Biurrun CVS syncmail at mplayerhq.hu
Tue Sep 21 14:13:00 CEST 2004


CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS

Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en
In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv17116/en

Modified Files:
	faq.xml 
Log Message:
Better explain why we have no DVD menus and what to do about it (DIY).


Index: faq.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.40
retrieving revision 1.41
diff -u -r1.40 -r1.41
--- faq.xml	4 Aug 2004 16:16:48 -0000	1.40
+++ faq.xml	21 Sep 2004 12:12:58 -0000	1.41
@@ -1123,14 +1123,17 @@
 <title>DVD playback</title>
 <qandaentry>
 <question><para>
-What about DVD navigation?
+What about DVD navigation/menus?
 </para></question>
 <answer><para>
-Support for dvdnav in <application>MPlayer</application> is currently broken,
-normal playback does work, though. If you want to have fancy menus, you will
-have to use another player like <application>Xine</application> or
-<application>Ogle</application>. If you care about DVD navigation, send a
-<ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">patch</ulink>.
+<application>MPlayer</application> does not support DVD menus due to serious
+architectural limitations that prevent proper handling of still images and
+interactive content. If you want to have fancy menus, you will have to use
+another player like <application>xine</application>,
+<application>vlc</application> or <application>Ogle</application>.
+If you want to see DVD navigation in <application>MPlayer</application> you
+will have to implement it yourself, but be aware that it is a major
+undertaking.
 </para></answer>
 </qandaentry>
 




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