[MPlayer-users] director commentary

[chris]

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Tim U. wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 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??
> 
> 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.

As i'm in england, and it only came out this week, i'd guess the discs are 
completely different. NTSC / PAL for a start...

but no, i've tried every combination of everything. Wierd thing about the 
disc is that both -dvd 1 and -dvd 2 play back exactly the same thing (the 
main vob is 2).

I guess there's no real way around it, i just want a GPL fairy to appear 
and go POOF! :D

chris
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