[MPlayer-users] Can't play external DVDs

[Andreas Lange]

Diego Zuccato wrote:

>Err... THE SAME drive (drives, really, I tested three: LG reader, LG
>writer and unmarked Pioneer reader), when connected to the internal IDE
>bus works without problems! That's what's driving me crazy. :-(
>
>BYtE,
> Diego.
>
>  
>
a long time ago someone reported trouble with an external firewire case:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2002-April/013154.html
Maybe your problem is something similar.
Unfortunately he didn't report if he found a solution :(