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VCD fixes

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<P>Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from <B>hard disk</B>. Compile and
  install <B>libcss</B> 0.0.1 (not newer) for this (If MPlayer fails to
  detect it, use the <CODE>-csslib /path/to/libcss.so</CODE> option). To use it,
  you need to be root, use a suid root MPlayer binary or let MPlayer call the
  suid root fibmap_mplayer wrapper program.</P>

<H4>DVD structure</H4>

<P>DVD disks use all 2048 b/s sectors with ecc/crc. They usually have an UDF
filesystem on a single track, containing various files (small .IFO and .BUK

filesystem and a raw sector-based access to the device. Unfortunately you must
be root (under Linux) to get the sector address of a file. You got the
following choices:</P>

<UL>
  <LI>Force the user to be root or use a suid root mplayer binary.</LI>
  <LI>Let MPlayer call the suid root fibmap_mplayer wrapper program to access
    the DVD (used in the old-style DVD playback over libcss).</LI>
  <LI>Don't use the kernel's filesystem driver at all and re-implement it in
    userspace. libdvdread 0.9.x and libmpdvdkit does this (New-style DVD
    support). The kernel udf filesystem drivers isn't needed as they already
    have their own, built-in udf fs driver. Also the dvd, doesn't needs to be

</UL>

<P>About .DAT files:</P>

<P>The ~600 MB file visible on the first track of the mounted vcd isn't a real
track! It's a so called iso gateway, created to allow Windows to handle such
tracks (Windows doesn't allow raw device access to applications at all).
Under linux, you cannot copy or play such files (they contain garbage).
Under Windows it is possible as its iso9660 driver emulates the raw reading of
tracks in this file.
To play a .DAT file you need a kernel driver which can be found on a powerdvd
Linux version. It is a modified iso9660 fs driver, which is able to emulate the
raw tracks through this shadow .DAT file. If you mount the disc using their
driver, you can copy and even play .DAT files with mplayer. But it <B>won't
work</B> with the standard iso9660 driver of the kernel! It is recommended to
use the <CODE>-vcd</CODE> option instead.</P>

<P>The default VCD device is <CODE>/dev/cdrom</CODE>. If your setup differs,
make a symlink, or specify the correct device on the command line with the
<CODE>-cdrom-device</CODE> option.</P>

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<P>Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from <B>hard disk</B>. Compile and
  install <B>libcss</B> 0.0.1 (not newer) for this (If MPlayer fails to
  detect it, use the <CODE>-csslib /path/to/libcss.so</CODE> option). To use it,
  you need to be root, use a suid root MPlayer binary or let MPlayer call the
  suid-root fibmap_mplayer wrapper program.</P>

<H4>DVD structure</H4>

<P>DVD disks use all 2048 b/s sectors with ecc/crc. They usually have an UDF
filesystem on a single track, containing various files (small .IFO and .BUK

filesystem and a raw sector-based access to the device. Unfortunately you must
be root (under Linux) to get the sector address of a file. You got the
following choices:</P>

<UL>
  <LI>Force the user to be root or use a suid-root mplayer binary.</LI>
  <LI>Let MPlayer call the suid-root fibmap_mplayer wrapper program to access
    the DVD (used in the old-style DVD playback over libcss).</LI>
  <LI>Don't use the kernel's filesystem driver at all and re-implement it in
    userspace. libdvdread 0.9.x and libmpdvdkit does this (New-style DVD
    support). The kernel udf filesystem drivers isn't needed as they already
    have their own, built-in udf fs driver. Also the dvd, doesn't needs to be

</UL>

<P>About .DAT files:</P>

<P>The ~600 MB file visible on the first track of the mounted vcd isn't a real
file! It's a so called iso gateway, created to allow Windows to handle such
tracks (Windows doesn't allow raw device access to applications at all).
Under linux, you cannot copy or play such files (they contain garbage).
Under Windows it is possible as its iso9660 driver emulates the raw reading of
tracks in this file. To play a .DAT file you need a kernel driver which can be
found in the Linux version of PowerDVD. It has a modified iso9660 filesystem
(vcdfs/isofs-2.4.X.o) driver, which is able to emulate the
raw tracks through this shadow .DAT file. If you mount the disc using their
driver, you can copy and even play .DAT files with mplayer. But it <B>won't
work</B> with the standard iso9660 driver of the kernel! It is recommended to
use the <CODE>-vcd</CODE> option instead. Alternate options for VCD copy are
the new cdfs kernel driver (shows CD <I>sessions</I> as image files) and
cdrdao (a bit-to-bit cd grabber/copier application).</P>

<P>The default VCD device is <CODE>/dev/cdrom</CODE>. If your setup differs,
make a symlink, or specify the correct device on the command line with the
<CODE>-cdrom-device</CODE> option.</P>