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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT ausreg.com>]

Hi Folks,

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:21:29 +0000 (UTC)
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> >
> >> 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

    Thanks for that.  I got one of my (bought and paid for) DVDs to run under 
mplayer.
But not the others.

> 
> 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.

    I actually had to try each track number in turn - not every track 
actually runs.

 
> I use BL2.

    I used SW10 and Knoppix 4.  The machine where my BL2 and BL3 reside does 
not have a DVD drive, only CD.

> Maybe the DVDs here are not encrypted?

    I think that is my problem. The DVDs all run without fuss on commercial 
DVD-players but are unusable (so far) on my computer DVD drive.

> Do you have David's latest mplayer?

    Yes, but not on that machine with the DVD drive.

    David, did you compile it with the decryption included ?

    Ah, well !  I will stick with what works, and what does't work I'll leave 
alone.
One day I will try to re-compile mplayer with the decryption add-on, but I am 
back at work now so I don't have the time to spend on it.

Regards,
         Ron

-- 
Ron Clarke 
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