Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 6878:0374fdb8eeb0
Result of review by Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu>.
VCD stuff moved into VCD playback section, put parts of the CD-ROM section
into an unordered list.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 03 Aug 2002 19:19:22 +0000 |
| parents | d92bd0cee112 |
| children | 7e5f45cc7af4 |
| files | DOCS/cd-dvd.html DOCS/documentation.html |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/cd-dvd.html Sat Aug 03 01:32:14 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/cd-dvd.html Sat Aug 03 19:19:22 2002 +0000 @@ -11,36 +11,19 @@ <P><B><A NAME=4.1>4.1. CD-ROM drives</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> - <P>Linux documentation excerpt:</P> -<P>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.</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> @@ -68,6 +51,7 @@ <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 @@ -154,5 +138,30 @@ <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>
--- a/DOCS/documentation.html Sat Aug 03 01:32:14 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Sat Aug 03 19:19:22 2002 +0000 @@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ <UL> <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.1">4.1 CD-ROM drives</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.2">4.2 DVD playback</A></LI> + <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.3">4.3 VCD playback</A></LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><A HREF="faq.html">5. FAQ section</A>