[MPlayer-users] Difficulty using an external dvd{nav/read}

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 02:12:17PM -0700, Roger Pack wrote:
> On 11/13/13, Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 01:21:56PM -0700, Roger Pack wrote:
> >> Similar to this thread:
> >> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.mplayer.user/65253 (the
> >> answer at the bottom seems to work for me to be able to use an
> >> external dvdnav).
> >>
> >> It surprised me today, when configuring mplayer, that if I passed it
> >> configure options like this:
> >>
> >> $ ./configure --with-dvdnav-config=/path/to/dvdnav-config
> >>
> >> It seemed to ignore my directive and still use the internal dvdnav.  I
> >> would have thought that if I tell it a dvdnav-config, it would use it.
> >
> > I guess that would be possible to implement, but in general all those
> > options just set one single variable and it doesn't care whether
> > it makes any sense.
> 
> Maybe add a warning to configure's help output for that line that
> helps to clarify this fact?

That isn't any easier than fixing it "properly", patch sent.

> >> My other question was...there is a --disable-dvdread-internal and
> >> --disable-libdvdcss-internal then no --disable-internal-dvdnav to
> >> complement)
> >
> > You can't mix internal dvdread with external dvdnav or vice versa as far
> > as I know, so that would probably be the reason.
> 
> Maybe add a warning to configure's help output like "disabling dvdread
> internal also disables dvdnav internal" to help clarify?

Added it to the --help output in same patch as above.