[MPlayer-users] how to play DVD files from harddrive?

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> Andrew wrote:
>
>>hello
>>
>>supposing i've made a backup of my DVD onto my hard drive, using
>>dvdrip, how do I play the HD copy with mplayer?
>>
>>dvdrip creates a <path>/vob/  directory with a bunch of files.
>>
>>with xine I can simply do:
>>
>>	xine <path>/vob/
>>
>>and it plays the whole thing as if from dvd disk, with selectable
>>subtitles and audio tracks (although without the  menus)
>>
>>Can mplayer not match this functionality of xine?
>>
>>been wondering for over a year
>>
>>
> -dvd-device /path dvd://, as a 1 minute search in the man page would
> have revealed

That's what I thought at first. But not sure if -dvd-device behaves
correctly with dvdrip's VOBs -- these are not the same as the collection
of VOBs on the disc; also I think there won't be any .idx files in the
directory.