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