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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > I view DVDs at 800x600 resolution under X, or use svga or vesa modes, 
> > with mplayer.
>
>    Sindi, you have caught my attention.  :)
>
>    I have tried to play DVDs on my other machine (good one, fast with 1
> GB RAM, - that sort of thing), but I have been unable to play more than
> the odd short intro.  :(

mplayer -ao oss -vo vesa (or svga) dvd://1

Or start x then -vo x11, or put one of the -vo's in /root/.mplayer/config
as vo vesa (no -).

I think if you start at 1 it continues to the end.  You can forward past 
any junk, unlike on a DVD player.

You could try dvd://2 or 1-5 for more tracks.

>    The commercial DVDs that we get here seem to be all encrypted, and I
> haven't been able to crack the encryption, even in Suse 10, Slackware 10
> or Knoppix 4, and I have even tried with the "supposed" encryption
> add-on for mplayer.
>
>   The BL3 mplayer doesn't even come close.  :(
>
>    So, how do you do it ?

I use BL2.
Maybe the DVDs here are not encrypted?
Do you have David's latest mplayer?

> Regards,
>         Ron

Sindi