[MPlayer-users] problem playing dvd

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Monday, 07 August 2006 at 23:06, Dragan Noveski wrote:
> hi, sorry for using wrong terms, i compiled with only --enable-gui.
> 
> but now i am not sure if i understand you.
> i tried:
> 
> nowhiskey at murija2:~$ mplayer -vo xv -ao jack /media/cdrom0

This is wrong usage. You cannot "play" a device file or indeed a mounted
dvd like this.

[...]
> trying mplayer -v:
> 
> nowhiskey at murija2:~$ mplayer -v dvd://1
[...]
> libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
> Reading disc structure, please wait...
> libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> Can't open VMG info!
> File not found: '1'
> Failed to open dvd://1.

What if you specify -dvd-device /dev/whatever_is_the_correct_device?

Regards,
R.

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