[Mplayer-os2] MPLAYER OS/2 PORT

[Dave Yeo]

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:50:31 -0500, Greg wrote:

>I'll start with one simple (stupid) question...
>
>How do I play a DVD with MPLAYER??
>
>According to the doc, I simply type:
>
>> mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device "Z:"

This should work for the first feature. Some DVD's have more features
(not right name but can't think of it now)

>
>I get all sorts of errors which I won't bore you with unless you need to 
>be bored.

Are these seek errors? io errors?

>
>The DVD in question is made available on the "Z" drive via RSJ. I can 
>look at it, I can do a "dir" on it but, again, MPLAYER spits up.

Is it not available without RSJ?

>
>What am I doing wrong??

My last DVD player never did work with MPlayer on OS/2 and Linux. After
it died and I replaced it then DVD playing worked fine besides waiting
a few minutes while the copy protection is cracked.
One workaround I found was using dvdao to rip an ISO from the dvd then
pointing MPlayer at that file, eg MPlayer j:/tmp/dvd.iso
You might need dvdcss.dll to go with dvdao, let me know and I can send
it privately
Dave