[MPlayer-users] Re: Mplayer crash when reading a DVD

[adland]

> execve("/usr/local/bin/mplayer", ["mplayer", "vts_01_2.vob"],


this could have been commands like
 mplayer dvd://1
 mplayer -dvd-device=/dev/sr0 dvd://1

unsure why you were playing the vob files
directly in the current working dorectory

however this will work as in example below
su root
mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt
exit
cd /mnt/video_ts
mplayer vts_01_2.vob

next time you can try checking the disc for media defects (unencrypted)
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/dev/null
if you see I/O errors then the disc is probably damaged.

you could make a disc copy and playback from disc
dd if=/dev/sro of=disc
mplayer -dvd-device=disc dvd://1

good luck