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<P>Yes, the real DVD support has been arrived. You don't need to play VOB files
manually from disk thinking of the purpose of a file in the video_ts
directory, you don't need worry it it's an encrypted disk or not (in old
<B>MPlayer</B> you had to put '-dvdauth /dev/dvd' into the command line in case
of encrypted discs), and you don't need even mount your disk to be able to
play :)</P>
  
<P>IMPORTANT NOTE: please _DO_NOT_ require further features for DVD playback.
This is the first version of some real DVD support inside <B>MPlayer</B> and
we're busy with hunting bugs and implementing basic DVD player features.</P>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> uses libdvdread which has got built in support for IFO

</LI>
  
<LI><P><B>Compile and install libdvdcss THEN libdvdread.</B></P>
    
<P><I>Read documentation of these packages to do this step easily.</I></P></LI>
  
<LI><P><B>Recompile MPlayer.</B></P>
  
<P><I>Run <CODE>./configure</CODE>. If you install libdvdread correctly, ./configure
says something similar:<BR><CODE>Checking for DVDread support ... yes</CODE><BR>
(Of course you can put your favourite configure options into the command

  subtitles, and if not found, display english subtitles.</TD></TR>
<TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-sid &lt;subtitle_id&gt;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
  Displays a subtitle channel with the given <CODE>id</CODE> (values can be
  0-31). Useful for example with badly mastered DVDs where country code
  selects the wrong channel.
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<P>Default device is <CODE>/dev/dvd</CODE>, you can change it in config.h
(compile time option), or you can specify it as a filename for <B>MPlayer</B>:
</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -sid 5 /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 2 -chapter 5 -dvdangle 2</CODE></P>

<P><B><A NAME=4.3>4.3. DVD playback FAQ</A></B></P>

<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=left WIDTH=100%>

</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Yes! See above in the DVD chapter.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
I've got no sound / bad sound (Spanish audio and other ugly things).
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
<B>MPlayer</B> currently does not use all of information of IFO blocks from DVD.
You can adjust the right DVD audio stream with: '-aid 128' command line
option, where 128 is the stream id of requested audio stream. You can
experience with numbers of 128,129,... and so on. Of course this problem
will be solved in the future.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
There is some strange effect (interlace like thing) especially when fast
moving objects are shown in the movie.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Known problem, we try to fix it later (when we switch to libvo2).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
How can I set the region code of my DVD-Drive ? I don't have windows!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Use the 'regionset' tool:
<A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz</A>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

So MPlayer can play DVDs? Then it must use DeCSS! You are under arrest
under the XYZ#$ paragraph of the--
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Get back asshole, there is no DeCSS code in <B>MPlayer</B>. <B>MPlayer</B> uses libdvdread
by linking against it, and libdvdread uses libdvdcss by dynamic loading it.<BR>
<B>UPDATE</B> : DeCSS is free.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play DVD?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
No, you don't. This is the past :) However of course you must have got
the proper rights to the DVD device driver entry (in /dev).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
How can I ... (insert some expectable DVD player feature here)?

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<P>Yes, the real DVD support has been arrived. You don't need to play VOB files
manually from disk thinking of the purpose of a file in the video_ts
directory, you don't need worry it it's an encrypted disk or not (in old
<B>MPlayer</B> you had to put '-dvdauth /dev/dvd' into the command line in case
of encrypted discs), and you don't need even mount your disk to be able to
play (but mounting it makes Linux cache the cracked CSS keys, so the playing
will initialize much faster second time).</P>

<P>IMPORTANT NOTE: please _DO_NOT_ require further features for DVD playback.
This is the first version of some real DVD support inside <B>MPlayer</B> and
we're busy with hunting bugs and implementing basic DVD player features.</P>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> uses libdvdread which has got built in support for IFO

</LI>
  
<LI><P><B>Compile and install libdvdcss THEN libdvdread.</B></P>
    
<P><I>Read documentation of these packages to do this step easily.</I></P></LI>

<LI><P><B>Old-style DVD support - <I>OPTIONAL</I></B></P>

<P><I>Useful if you want to play encoded VOB's from hard disk. Compile
  <B>libcss</B> 0.0.1 (not newer) and install it to <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE>
  (rpm/deb packages will put it to <CODE>/usr/lib</CODE>, but you can use the
  <CODE>-csslib
  /usr/lib/libcss.so</CODE> option)</P></LI>

<LI><P><B>Recompile MPlayer.</B></P>
  
<P><I>Run <CODE>./configure</CODE>. If you install libdvdread correctly, ./configure
says something similar:<BR><CODE>Checking for DVDread support ... yes</CODE><BR>
(Of course you can put your favourite configure options into the command

  subtitles, and if not found, display english subtitles.</TD></TR>
<TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-sid &lt;subtitle_id&gt;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
  Displays a subtitle channel with the given <CODE>id</CODE> (values can be
  0-31). Useful for example with badly mastered DVDs where country code
  selects the wrong channel.</TD></TR>
<TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-csslib &lt;path/filename&gt;</TD>
<TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
  (old-style DVD option) This option is used to override the default location
  of <CODE>/usr/local/lib/libcss.so</CODE>
  </TD></TR>
<TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-dvdauth &lt;DVD device&gt;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
  (old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given device.
  </TD></TR>
<TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-dvdkey &lt;CSS key&gt;</TD>
<TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
  (old-style DVD option) When decoding from non-DVD, this option gives the
  CSS key needed to crack the DVD (the key is printed when authenticating
  with DVD).
  </TD></TR>
</TABLE>

<P>Default device is <CODE>/dev/dvd</CODE>, you can change it in config.h
(compile time option), or you can specify it as a filename for <B>MPlayer</B>:
</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 2 -alang sp -chapter 5 -dvdangle 2</CODE></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvdauth /dev/dvd /mnt/cd/video_ts/vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvdkey C005D4A16D vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P>

<P><B><A NAME=4.3>4.3. DVD playback FAQ</A></B></P>

<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=left WIDTH=100%>

</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Yes! See above in the DVD chapter.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
How can I set the region code of my DVD-Drive ? I don't have windows!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Use the 'regionset' tool:
<A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz</A>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

So MPlayer can play DVDs? Then it must use DeCSS! You are under arrest
under the XYZ#$ paragraph of the--
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Get back asshole, there is no DeCSS code in <B>MPlayer</B>. <B>MPlayer</B> uses libdvdread
by linking against it, and libdvdread uses libdvdcss by dynamic loading it.<BR>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play DVD?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
No, you don't. Only for old-style DVD support. However of course you must have
the proper rights to the DVD device driver entry (in /dev).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
How can I ... (insert some expectable DVD player feature here)?