# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1083935591 0 # Node ID 33916977a36ea5aa33c4427f1208fc04fff43358 # Parent a380d3539e4244577ab046d2e4b8f94b7b8642fb Cygwin and MinGW now behave similarly with regard to VCD/DVD playback. diff -r a380d3539e42 -r 33916977a36e DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml Fri May 07 11:26:47 2004 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml Fri May 07 13:13:11 2004 +0000 @@ -343,6 +343,17 @@ or similar). As a last resort, try putting them in the same directory as MPlayer. +You can play VCDs by playing the .DAT or .MPG files + that Windows exposes on VCDs. It works like this (adjust for the drive letter + of your CD-ROM): + +mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat + +DVDs also work, adjust for the drive letter + of your DVD-ROM: + +mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device d: + The Cygwin/MinGW console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the option has been reported to improve performance on @@ -373,21 +384,6 @@ Cygwin can be found on the libsdl site. -You can play VCDs by playing the .DAT or .MPG files - that Windows exposes on VCDs. It works like this (adjust for the drive letter - of your CD-ROM): - -mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat - -mplayer /cygdrive/d/MPEG2/AVSEQ01.MPG - -DVDs also work, adjust for the drive letter - of your DVD-ROM: - -mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device d: - -mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device '\\.\d:' - @@ -406,17 +402,6 @@ Extract DirectX header files to /mingw/include/. -VCDs and DVDs work almost like Cygwin (adjust - for the drive letter of your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM): - -mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat - -mplayer /d/MPEG2/AVSEQ01.MPG - -mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device /d/ - -mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device d:\\ -