[MPlayer-users] OSD problems with DVDs

[Nico Sabbi]

Davide Capodaglio wrote:

>Hi everybody, these are the problems I have with DVDs and OSD:
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>- sometimes the total time is lower than real time, for all the film length
>- sometimes the total time is lower than real time, but at a certain point of 
>the film it becomes the correct time
>- sometimes the current time at a certain point goes back to 0: e.g. 
>00:00-31:00, then resets to 00:00, then 00:00-28:32, reset to 00:00, etc. 
>(VOB boundary??).
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no: crazy authoring techniques seconded by a foolish standard (mpeg)

>(For this I produced a patch, and now the current time follow the total time, 
>but if this is wrong I'm stuck again)
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where?

>- the strangest case: the total time is 00:00, but the current time goes on
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>All these DVDs with problems work perfectly under xine and even with a simple 
>lsdvd.
>Can anyone report these problems as well?
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>Little OT: If someone is interested I wrote a patch to show CPU usage, frames 
>dropped etc (the last part of the status line) as OSD level 4.
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>Bye
>Davide
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