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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="default.css"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><B><A NAME=4.1>4.1. CD-ROM drives</A></B></P> <P>Linux documentation excerpt:</P> <P>Modern CD-ROM drives can attain very high head speeds, yet some CD-ROM drives are capable of running at reduced speeds. There are several reasons that might make you consider changing the speed of a CD-ROM drive:</P> <UL> <LI>Ther have been reports of read errors at these high speeds, especially with badly pressed CD-ROMs. Reducing the speed can prevent data loss under these circumstances.</LI> <LI>Many CD-ROM drives are annoyingly loud, a lower speed may reduce the noise.</LI> </UL> <P>You can reduce the drive speed with hdparm or a program called setcd. It works like this:</P> <P> <CODE>hdparm -E [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P> <P> <CODE>setcd -x [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P> <P>You can also try</P> <P> <CODE>echo current_speed:4 >/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P> <P>but you will need root privileges. The following command may also help:</P> <P> <CODE>echo file_readahead:2000000 >/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P> <P>This sets prefetched file reading to 2MB, which helps with scratched CD-ROMs. It is recommended that you also tune your CD-ROM drive with hdparm:</P> <P> <CODE>hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 (cdrom device)</CODE></P> <P>This enables DMA access, read-ahead, and IRQ unmasking (read the hdparm man page for a detailed explanation).</P> <P>Please refer to "<CODE>/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE>" for fine-tuning your CD-ROM.</P> <P><B><A NAME=4.2>4.2. DVD playback</A></B></P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses <CODE>libdvdread</CODE> and <CODE>libdvdcss</CODE> for DVD decryption and playback. These two libraries are contained in the <CODE>libmpdvdkit/</CODE> subdirectory of the <B>MPlayer</B> source tree, you do not have to install them separately. We opted for this solution because we had to fix a libdvdread bug, and apply a patch which adds <B>cracked CSS keys caching support</B> to libdvdcss. This results in a large speed increase because the keys do not have to be cracked every time before playing. The cracked keys are stored in the <CODE>~/.mplayer/DVDKeys</CODE> directory.</P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> can also use system-wide <CODE>libdvdread</CODE> and <CODE>libdvdcss</CODE> libraries, but this solution is <B>not</B> recommended, as it can result in bugs, library incompatibilities, and slower speed.</P> <P>Support for DVD navigation via <CODE>dvdnav</CODE> is being worked on, but not finished yet.</P> <P><B>Old-style DVD support - <I>OPTIONAL</I></B></P> <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 <title_id> </CODE></TD> <TD>Enables DVD support and selects title.</TD><TR> <TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-chapter <chapter_id> </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 <angle_id> </CODE></TD> <TD>Selects camera angle (default: 1)</TD><TR> <TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-alang <country code> </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> <CODE>-alang hu,en</CODE> - Tries to find Hungarian audio, falling back to English audio.</TD></TR> <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-slang <country code> </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> <CODE>-slang hu,en</CODE> - Tries to display Hungarian subtitles, falling back to English subtitles.</TD></TR> <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-sid <subtitle_id> </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 <path/filename></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 <DVD device> </CODE></TD> <TD> (old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given device. </TD></TR> <TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdkey <CSS key></CODE></TD> <TD> (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>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> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd</CODE></P> <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd</CODE></P> <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd -chapter 20-25</CODE></P> <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 2 -alang sp -chapter 5 -dvdangle 2</CODE></P> <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvdauth /dev/dvd /mnt/cd/video_ts/vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P> <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvdkey C005D4A16D vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P> <P><B><A NAME=4.3>4.3. VCD playback</A></B></P> <P>Playing standard Video CDs:</P> <P><CODE>mplayer -vcd <track> [-cdrom-device device]</CODE></P> <P>Examples:<BR> <CODE>mplayer -vcd 1<BR> mplayer -fs -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc</CODE></P> Notes: <UL> <LI>Do <B>not</B> mount VCD disks and play DAT files directly! It may work under Windows but will not under Linux. You have to play VCDs with the <CODE>-vcd</CODE> option.</LI> <LI>VCD disks usually have 2 tracks: a data track (containing autostart Windows playback program, karaoke data etc) and a mode-2 track (the movie). So try <CODE>-vcd 2</CODE> first.</LI> <LI>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.</LI> </UL> </BODY> </HTML>