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<P>Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from hard disk. Compile and
  install <B>libcss</B> 0.0.1 (not newer) for this (If <B>MPlayer</B> fails to
  detect it, use the <CODE>-csslib /path/to/libcss.so</CODE> option).</P>

<P><B>Using MPlayer to play DVDs:</B></P>

<TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%">
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvd &lt;title_id&gt;&nbsp;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>Enables DVD support and selects title.</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-chapter &lt;chapter_id&gt;&nbsp;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>Selects DVD chapter(s) to play (default: 1).
    Example: <CODE>-chapter 5-10</CODE> or <CODE>-chapter -9</CODE></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdangle &lt;angle_id&gt;&nbsp;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>Selects camera angle (default: 1)</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-alang &lt;country code&gt;&nbsp;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>The <CODE>country code</CODE> tells <B>MPlayer</B> which audio
    language(s) to prefer. For a list of available languages, add the
    <CODE>-v</CODE> option after your DVD options and browse the output.<BR>
    For example:<BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-alang hu,en</CODE> - Tries to find Hungarian audio,
    falling back to English audio.</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-slang &lt;country code&gt;&nbsp;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>Turns on DVD subtitles. The <CODE>country code</CODE> tells
    <B>MPlayer</B> which language(s) to prefer.
    For the list of available languages, add the <CODE>-v</CODE> option after
    your DVD options and browse the output.<BR>
    For example:<BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-slang hu,en</CODE> - Tries to display Hungarian
    subtitles, falling back to English subtitles.</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-sid &lt;subtitle_id&gt;&nbsp;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>Displays a subtitle channel with the given <CODE>id</CODE> (values can
    be 0-31). Useful with badly mastered DVDs where the country code
    selects the wrong channel.</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-csslib &lt;path/filename&gt;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>(old-style DVD option) This option is used to override the default
    location of <CODE>libcss.so</CODE>.
    </TD></TR>
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdauth &lt;DVD device&gt;&nbsp;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>(old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given
    device.</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdkey &lt;CSS key&gt;</CODE></TD>
    <TD>(old-style DVD option) When decoding a VOB file copied undecrypted from
    DVD, this option gives the CSS key needed to decrypt the VOB (the key is
    printed when authenticating with the DVD drive using -dvdauth).</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

<P>The default device is <CODE>/dev/dvd</CODE>, you can change it in
  <CODE>config.h</CODE> (compile time option), or you can specify it using the
  <CODE>-dvd-device</CODE> option:</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd -chapter 20-25</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="vcd">4.3 VCD playback</A></B></P>

<P>Playing standard Video CDs:</P>

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<P>Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from hard disk. Compile and
  install <B>libcss</B> 0.0.1 (not newer) for this (If <B>MPlayer</B> fails to
  detect it, use the <CODE>-csslib /path/to/libcss.so</CODE> option).</P>

<P>For the complete list of available options, please read the manpage.</P>


<P><B><A NAME="vcd">4.3 VCD playback</A></B></P>

<P>Playing standard Video CDs:</P>