[MPlayer-users] Workaround to play The Day of the Jackal, 1973 PAL EU

[Thoralf Dassler]

Hi,

mplayer svn does not play "The Day of the Jackal, 1973", PAL EU; upon 
opening, mplayer does nothing. Workaround on Slackware 13.0 64 bit:

1) get libdvdcss from svn
./configure --libdir=/usr/lib64 --with-pic

2) get libdvdread-0.9.7 plus UDF patch
i) patch: http://tobias.rautenkranz.ch/code/libdvdread_udf.patch
ii) patched libdvdread: ./configure --libdir=/usr/lib64 --with-pic 
--with-libdvdcss-includes=/usr/local/include/ 
--with-libdvdcss-libs=/usr/lib64/

3) configure mplayer:
./configure --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-xvmc --disable-dvdread-internal 
--disable-libdvdcss-internal

Then, invoking mplayer brings on this: "libdvdread patched to play DVDs 
with DVD-Movie-Protect" and the dvd plays nicely.

Can/should a patched libdvdread be included in mplayer svn?

Regards