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Result of review by Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu>.
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| 1682 | 12 <P><B><A NAME=4.1>4.1. CD-ROM drives</A></B></P> |
| 13 | |
| 6877 | 14 <P>Linux documentation excerpt:</P> |
| 1612 | 15 |
| 6878 | 16 <P>Modern CD-ROM drives can attain very high head speeds, yet some CD-ROM drives |
| 17 are capable of running at reduced speeds. There are several reasons that might | |
| 18 make you consider changing the speed of a CD-ROM drive:</P> | |
| 19 | |
| 20 <UL> | |
| 21 <LI>Ther have been reports of read errors at these high speeds, especially | |
| 22 with badly pressed CD-ROMs. Reducing the speed can prevent data loss under | |
| 23 these circumstances.</LI> | |
| 24 <LI>Many CD-ROM drives are annoyingly loud, a lower speed may reduce the | |
| 25 noise.</LI> | |
| 26 </UL> | |
| 1612 | 27 |
| 6877 | 28 <P>You can reduce the drive speed with hdparm or a program called setcd. |
| 29 It works like this:</P> | |
| 30 | |
| 31 <P> <CODE>hdparm -E [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P> | |
| 1682 | 32 |
| 33 <P> <CODE>setcd -x [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 34 |
| 6877 | 35 <P>You can also try</P> |
| 1682 | 36 |
| 37 <P> <CODE>echo current_speed:4 >/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P> | |
| 38 | |
| 6877 | 39 <P>but you will need root privileges. The following command may also help:</P> |
| 1682 | 40 |
| 41 <P> <CODE>echo file_readahead:2000000 >/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 42 |
| 6877 | 43 <P>This sets prefetched file reading to 2MB, which helps with scratched CD-ROMs. |
| 44 It is recommended that you also tune your CD-ROM drive with hdparm:</P> | |
| 1682 | 45 |
| 46 <P> <CODE>hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 (cdrom device)</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 47 |
| 6877 | 48 <P>This enables DMA access, read-ahead, and IRQ unmasking (read the hdparm man |
| 49 page for a detailed explanation).</P> | |
| 1612 | 50 |
| 6877 | 51 <P>Please refer to "<CODE>/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE>" for |
| 52 fine-tuning your CD-ROM.</P> | |
| 1612 | 53 |
| 6878 | 54 |
| 1682 | 55 <P><B><A NAME=4.2>4.2. DVD playback</A></B></P> |
| 56 | |
| 5859 | 57 <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses <CODE>libdvdread</CODE> and <CODE>libdvdcss</CODE> for |
| 6877 | 58 DVD decryption and playback. These two libraries are contained in the |
| 59 <CODE>libmpdvdkit/</CODE> subdirectory of the <B>MPlayer</B> source tree, you | |
| 60 do not have to install them separately. We opted for this solution because | |
| 5859 | 61 we had to fix a libdvdread bug, and apply a patch which adds |
| 6877 | 62 <B>cracked CSS keys caching support</B> to libdvdcss. This results in a large |
| 63 speed increase because the keys do not have to be cracked every time before | |
| 64 playing. The cracked keys are stored in the | |
| 65 <CODE>~/.mplayer/DVDKeys</CODE> directory.</P> | |
| 1612 | 66 |
| 6877 | 67 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can also use system-wide <CODE>libdvdread</CODE> and |
| 68 <CODE>libdvdcss</CODE> libraries, but this solution is <B>not</B> recommended, | |
| 69 as it can result in bugs, library incompatibilities, and slower speed.</P> | |
| 70 | |
| 71 <P>Support for DVD navigation via <CODE>dvdnav</CODE> is being worked on, but | |
| 72 not finished yet.</P> | |
| 4057 | 73 |
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74 <P><B>Old-style DVD support - <I>OPTIONAL</I></B></P> |
| 4057 | 75 |
| 6877 | 76 <P>Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from hard disk. Compile and |
| 77 install <B>libcss</B> 0.0.1 (not newer) for this (If <B>MPlayer</B> fails to | |
| 78 detect it, use the <CODE>-csslib /path/to/libcss.so</CODE> option).</P> | |
| 1612 | 79 |
| 1682 | 80 <P><B>Using MPlayer to play DVDs:</B></P> |
| 1612 | 81 |
| 82 | |
| 6877 | 83 <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%"> |
| 84 <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvd <title_id> </CODE></TD> | |
| 6393 | 85 <TD>Enables DVD support and selects title.</TD><TR> |
| 6877 | 86 <TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-chapter <chapter_id> </CODE></TD> |
| 87 <TD>Selects DVD chapter(s) to play (default: 1). | |
| 88 Example: <CODE>-chapter 5-10</CODE> or <CODE>-chapter -9</CODE></TD></TR> | |
| 89 <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdangle <angle_id> </CODE></TD> | |
| 6393 | 90 <TD>Selects camera angle (default: 1)</TD><TR> |
| 6877 | 91 <TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-alang <country code> </CODE></TD> |
| 92 <TD> | |
| 93 The <CODE>country code</CODE> tells <B>MPlayer</B> which audio language(s) to prefer. | |
| 94 For a list of available languages, add the <CODE>-v</CODE> option after | |
| 95 your DVD options and browse the output.<BR> | |
| 96 For example:<BR> | |
| 97 <CODE>-alang hu,en</CODE> - Tries to find Hungarian audio, | |
| 98 falling back to English audio.</TD></TR> | |
| 99 <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-slang <country code> </CODE></TD> | |
| 100 <TD> | |
| 101 Turns on DVD subtitles. The <CODE>country code</CODE> tells <B>MPlayer</B> | |
| 3796 | 102 which language(s) to prefer. |
| 6877 | 103 For the list of available languages, add the <CODE>-v</CODE> option after |
| 104 your DVD options and browse the output.<BR> | |
| 105 For example:<BR> | |
| 106 <CODE>-slang hu,en</CODE> - Tries to display Hungarian subtitles, | |
| 107 falling back to English subtitles.</TD></TR> | |
| 108 <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-sid <subtitle_id> </CODE></TD> | |
| 109 <TD> | |
| 110 Displays a subtitle channel with the given <CODE>id</CODE> (values can be | |
| 111 0-31). Useful with badly mastered DVDs where the country code | |
| 112 selects the wrong channel.</TD></TR> | |
| 113 <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-csslib <path/filename></CODE></TD> | |
| 114 <TD> | |
| 115 (old-style DVD option) This option is used to override the default location | |
| 116 of <CODE>libcss.so</CODE>. | |
| 117 </TD></TR> | |
| 118 <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdauth <DVD device> </CODE></TD> | |
| 119 <TD> | |
| 120 (old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given device. | |
| 121 </TD></TR> | |
| 122 <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdkey <CSS key></CODE></TD> | |
| 123 <TD> | |
| 124 (old-style DVD option) When decoding from non-DVD, this option gives the | |
| 4057 | 125 CSS key needed to crack the DVD (the key is printed when authenticating |
| 126 with DVD). | |
| 6877 | 127 </TD></TR> |
| 1682 | 128 </TABLE> |
| 1612 | 129 |
| 6877 | 130 <P>The default device is <CODE>/dev/dvd</CODE>, you can change it in |
| 131 <CODE>config.h</CODE> (compile time option), or you can specify it using the | |
| 132 <CODE>-dvd-device</CODE> option:</P> | |
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134 <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd</CODE></P> |
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135 <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd</CODE></P> |
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136 <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd -chapter 20-25</CODE></P> |
| 4057 | 137 <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 2 -alang sp -chapter 5 -dvdangle 2</CODE></P> |
| 138 <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvdauth /dev/dvd /mnt/cd/video_ts/vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P> | |
| 139 <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvdkey C005D4A16D vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 140 |
| 6878 | 141 |
| 142 <P><B><A NAME=4.3>4.3. VCD playback</A></B></P> | |
| 143 | |
| 144 <P>Playing standard Video CDs:</P> | |
| 145 | |
| 146 <P><CODE>mplayer -vcd <track> [-cdrom-device device]</CODE></P> | |
| 147 | |
| 148 <P>Examples:<BR> | |
| 149 <CODE>mplayer -vcd 1<BR> | |
| 150 mplayer -fs -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc</CODE></P> | |
| 151 | |
| 152 Notes: | |
| 153 <UL> | |
| 154 <LI>Do <B>not</B> mount VCD disks and play DAT files directly! It may work | |
| 155 under Windows but will not under Linux. You have to play VCDs with the | |
| 156 <CODE>-vcd</CODE> option.</LI> | |
| 157 <LI>VCD disks usually have 2 tracks: a data track (containing autostart | |
| 158 Windows playback program, karaoke data etc) and a mode-2 track (the movie). | |
| 159 So try <CODE>-vcd 2</CODE> first.</LI> | |
| 160 <LI>The default VCD device is <CODE>/dev/cdrom</CODE>. If your setup differs, | |
| 161 make a symlink, or specify the correct device on the command line with the | |
| 162 <CODE>-cdrom-device</CODE> option.</LI> | |
| 163 </UL> | |
| 164 | |
| 165 | |
| 1612 | 166 </BODY> |
| 167 </HTML> |