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Slinger
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 Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:06 pm Post subject: Unable to play DVD's - using Ogle |
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Now I know it may not be an Ogle thing. I can mount my cd drive wihtout issue at /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 and read data cd's. However, when I try to mount it with a DVD it says "no media found". Using Ogle - it closes out everytime I choos FILE\OPEN CD - this may be because it is not mounted (pretty sure). But is there a reason I cannot mount a DVD that anyone may know of? New w/ playing dvd's on linux.
Also - can mplayer play dvd's?
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CodeSlacker
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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You need to have UDF support in the kernel for DVDs. If you choose Open Disc in Ogle, it will look for the DVD at /dev/dvd So create a link to your DVD drive:
| Code: | | $ ln -s /dev/hdx /dev/dvd |
where x corresponds to which drive is your DVD drive. Can someone say if this needs to be a hard link instead of a symbolic link?
To answer your other question, yes mplayer can play DVDs, but only if you compiled it with DVD support. You should add dvd to your USE flags in /etc/make.conf |
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Slinger
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| CodeSlacker wrote: | You need to have UDF support in the kernel for DVDs. If you choose Open Disc in Ogle, it will look for the DVD at /dev/dvd So create a link to your DVD drive:
| Code: | | $ ln -s /dev/hdx /dev/dvd |
where x corresponds to which drive is your DVD drive. Can someone say if this needs to be a hard link instead of a symbolic link?
To answer your other question, yes mplayer can play DVDs, but only if you compiled it with DVD support. You should add dvd to your USE flags in /etc/make.conf |
Ok, i understand and I made the sym link. Now, little confused here - i tried doing mount /dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom also unfortunately still get a no mdeium found error. Really not sure what I am doing wrong - but thanks for the help.
Also - where in make menuconfig should I look for UDF support? |
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Slinger
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Get the following error trying to use MPlayer to play the dvd
Playing DVD title 1
libdvdread: Could not open device with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd
/etc/fstab looks like the following
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime $
/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime $
/dev/hda2 none swap sw $
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro $
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,ro
proc /proc proc defaults |
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joeyrutledge
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| Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 12:11 am Post subject: command line syntax? |
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Try :
mplayer -dvd 1
is that what you are trying? it works for me without udf support in the kernel.....you only need udf if you are trying to mount the disk which is not required as long as /dev/dvd is linked to the correct dvd rom drive.
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Slinger
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| Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 12:40 am Post subject: |
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yeah, unfortunately the mplayer error above is when i type:
mplayer -dvd 1
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CodeSlacker
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| Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| You don't have to mount the DVD drive to play DVDs. Some people say you get better performance if you mount the drive, but I don't notice any difference. As long as /dev/dvd is a symlink to your DVD drive, you should just be able to choose Open Disc from the Ogle menu. |
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