[MPlayer-users] libdvdnav status for mplayer?

[Nico Sabbi]

Il giorno ven, 05/09/2008 alle 19.45 +0100, Edd Barrett ha scritto:
> Hi,
> 
> I thought i would try libdvdnav with mplayer as DVD menu is the only
> reason I have vlc installed for. I use mplayer for absolutely
> everything else.
> 
> I am using OpenBSD-current and the version of mplayer found in ports
> (mplayer-1.0rc2p8) and the new version of dvdnav (libdvdnav-4.1.2).

use an svn checkout

> 
> I had difficulty build dvdnav. It seemed to incorrectly report that my
> autotools were too old and would not build atall with automake 1.9.
> After commenting version checks and using automake 1.8 I got a build.
> 
> My build of mplayer then seems to play dvd menus fine if you invoke
> `mplayer dvdnav://`, but i cant interact with the menu. The keypad
> keys in the manual dont do anything apart from 5 which restarts the
> menu.

works in svn

> 
> After adding -nocache, I am able to move a highlighted box over the
> menu, but selecting things with 5 restarts the menu.
> 
> What if you want to cache the actual film? 

use svn, of course, and the mouse can be used to click on the buttons,
too

> Can you not have mplayer
> automatically disable the cache just for the menu and resume normal
> caching afterwards?

not needed in svn

> 
> Also the dvd tray remains locked after quitting mplayer, very annoying.
> 
> So my questions are:
> 
> a) Is this supposed to work?

yes, use svn

> 
> b) If so, is this a bug in the build/software?
> 
> Thanks
> % mplayer -nocache dvdnav://
> MPlayer 1.0rc2-3.3.5 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team

use svn


> PS. There is a separate dvdread port in OpenBSD, but dvdnav appears to
> install it also. It this maintained as a part of dvdnav now?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> now they are 2 separate libraries