[MPlayer-users] director commentary

[Tim U.]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 07:07:32PM +0000, chris wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> hi, i'm trying to watch planet of the apes on mplayer from dvd, but i 
> can't stop the scruffy looking director appearing in a ilttle red box, and 
> talking rubbish. (conversely on Ogle and Xinei can't get him at all...) 
> mplayer says that the dvd has only got one angle, so -dvdangle is of no 
> use at all. after that i can't see any options which appear relevant to 
> get rid of him. like i said, i can't even GET him on other programs. also 
> there doesn't seem to be a clean audio channel as far as mplayer is 
> concerned, all three working audio channels all contain narrative... but 
> is fine on xine/ogle.
> 
> anyone got a clue what's going on??
> 
> thanks
> 
> chris phillips
> xxxx

I rented that DVD some time ago, and watched it with mplayer.  I do 
remember something about director commentary, but I know I was able 
to get rid of it.

Try different titles like -dvd 1, -dvd 2, etc.  Also I always 
specify -aid 128 when playing DVDs.  Hope that helps.

  - Tim U.