Playing standard Video CDs:
-
-mplayer -vcd trackno [-cdrom-device device]
-Examples:
-mplayer -vcd 1
-mplayer -fs -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc
-
mplayer -vcd <track> [-cdrom-device device]
Examples:
+ mplayer -vcd 1
+ mplayer -fs -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc
-Notes:
-- Do NOT mount VCD disks and play DAT files directly! It may work under windows
-but won't work under linux. You have to play them directly, with the -vcd
-option!
-- 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
--vcd 2 first!
-- the default VCD device is /dev/cdrom. if your device differs, then you have
-to make a symlink, or specify it in command line!
-
-vcd option.-vcd 2 first./dev/cdrom. If your setup differs,
+ make a symlink, or specify the correct device on the command line with the
+ -cdrom-device option.From Linux documentation:
+Linux documentation excerpt:
-Some CDROM drives are capable of changing their head-speed. There are several -reasons for changing the speed of a CDROM drive. Badly pressed CDROMs may -benefit from less-than-maximum head rate. Modern CDROM drives can obtain very -high head rates (up to 24-times is common). It has been reported that these -drives can make reading errors at these high speeds, reducing the speed can -prevent data loss in these circumstances. Finally, some of these drives can -make an annoyingly loud noise, which a lower speed may reduce.
+Some CD-ROM drives are capable of changing their head speed. There are + several reasons for changing the speed of a CD-ROM drive. Badly pressed + CD-ROMs may benefit from less-than-maximum head speed. Modern CD-ROM drives + can obtain very high head speeds. It has been reported that these drives can + make read errors at these high speeds, reducing the speed can prevent data + loss under these circumstances. Finally, some of these drives can make an + annoyingly loud noise, which a lower speed may reduce.
-The recommended way to do it is with a program called 'setcd' . It's kinda -old, but won't be too hard to find on the Net. (UPDATE : new hdparm -has an option for this !) -Use it with :
+You can reduce the drive speed with hdparm or a program called setcd. + It works like this:
+ + hdparm -E [speed] [cdrom device]
setcd -x [speed] [cdrom device]
Also you can try:
+You can also try
echo current_speed:4 >/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings
but you'll need root privileges. I use following command too:
+but you will need root privileges. The following command may also help:
echo file_readahead:2000000 >/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings
for 2MB prefetched reading from the file (it's useful for scratched CDROMs). -It's recommended that you tuneup your CDROM drive also with hdparm:
+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:
hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 (cdrom device)
to enable using DMA access, readahead, and IRQ unmasking. -(if you don't understand these, *read the hdparm man page*)
+This enables DMA access, read-ahead, and IRQ unmasking (read the hdparm man + page for a detailed explanation).
-Please refer to "/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings" for fine-tuning your
-CDROM.
Please refer to "/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings" for
+ fine-tuning your CD-ROM.
MPlayer uses libdvdread and libdvdcss for
- DVD decryption and playing. These two libraries are contained in the
- libmpdvdkit/ subdirectory in the MPlayer tree, you
- don't have to install them separately. We opt for this solution because
+ DVD decryption and playback. These two libraries are contained in the
+ libmpdvdkit/ subdirectory of the MPlayer 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
- cracked CSS keys caching support for libdvdcss (results in large
- speed increase before playing). These cracked keys are stored in
- $HOME/.mplayer/DVDKeys directory.
~/.mplayer/DVDKeys directory.
-Support for dvdnav is being added (not usable now).
MPlayer can also use system-wide libdvdread and
+ libdvdcss libraries, but this solution is not recommended,
+ as it can result in bugs, library incompatibilities, and slower speed.
Support for DVD navigation via dvdnav is being worked on, but
+ not finished yet.
Old-style DVD support - OPTIONAL
-Useful if you want to play encoded VOB's from hard disk. Compile and
- install libcss 0.0.1 (not newer) (if MPlayer can't detect
- it, use the -csslib /path/to/libcss.so option).
Compile MPlayer.
- -Run ./configure. If you didn't delete
- libmpdvdkit subdirectory from MPlayer tree, ./configure should
- say the following:
Checking for DVD support (libmpdvdkit) ... yes
(of course you can put your favourite configure options into the command - line when you run ./configure)
- -MPlayer can use libdvdread and libdvdcss
- libraries installed system-wide, but this solution is NOT RECOMMENDED, as
- can result in bugs, library incompatibilities, and slower speed.
Either way, say: make, then make install.
Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from hard disk. Compile and
+ install libcss 0.0.1 (not newer) for this (If MPlayer fails to
+ detect it, use the -csslib /path/to/libcss.so option).
Using MPlayer to play DVDs:
-| -dvd <title_id> | +
-dvd <title_id> |
Enables DVD support and selects title. | ||
| -chapter <chapter_id> | -Selects DVD chapter(s) to play (default: play from chapter 1).
- Example : -chapter 5-10 or -chapter -9 | ||
| -dvdangle <angle_id> | +-chapter <chapter_id> |
+Selects DVD chapter(s) to play (default: 1).
+ Example: -chapter 5-10 or -chapter -9 | |
-dvdangle <angle_id> |
Selects camera angle (default: 1) | ||
| -alang <country code> | - The country code tells MPlayer which audio language(s) to prefer.
- For the list of available languages, add -v option after
- your DVD options, and browse the output.- For example : - -alang hu,en - first tries to find hungarian
- audio, and if not found, decode english audio. | ||
| -slang <country code> | - Turns on DVD subtitles. The country code tells MPlayer
+ | -alang <country code> |
+
+ The country code tells MPlayer which audio language(s) to prefer.
+ For a list of available languages, add the -v option after
+ your DVD options and browse the output.+ For example: + -alang hu,en - Tries to find Hungarian audio,
+ falling back to English audio. |
-slang <country code> |
+
+ Turns on DVD subtitles. The country code tells MPlayer
which language(s) to prefer.
- For the list of available languages, add -v option after
- your DVD options, and browse the output.- For example : - -slang hu,en - first tries to display hungarian
- subtitles, and if not found, display english subtitles. | ||
| -sid <subtitle_id> | - Displays a subtitle channel with the given id (values can be
- 0-31). Useful for example with badly mastered DVDs where country code
- selects the wrong channel. | ||
| -csslib <path/filename> | - (old-style DVD option) This option is used to override the default location
- of libcss.so
- | ||
| -dvdauth <DVD device> | -(old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given device. - | ||
| -dvdkey <CSS key> | - (old-style DVD option) When decoding from non-DVD, this option gives the
+ For the list of available languages, add the -v option after
+ your DVD options and browse the output.+ For example: + -slang hu,en - Tries to display Hungarian subtitles,
+ falling back to English subtitles. | ||
-sid <subtitle_id> |
+
+ Displays a subtitle channel with the given id (values can be
+ 0-31). Useful with badly mastered DVDs where the country code
+ selects the wrong channel. | ||
-csslib <path/filename> |
+
+ (old-style DVD option) This option is used to override the default location
+ of libcss.so.
+ | ||
-dvdauth <DVD device> |
++ (old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given device. + | ||
-dvdkey <CSS key> |
++ (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). - | +
Default device is /dev/dvd, you can change it in config.h
-(compile time option), or you can specify it using the -dvd-device option :
-
The default device is /dev/dvd, you can change it in
+ config.h (compile time option), or you can specify it using the
+ -dvd-device option:
mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd
mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd