[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS cd-dvd.html,1.31,1.32 documentation.html,1.279,1.280
Diego Biurrun CVS
diego at mplayerhq.hu
Sat Aug 3 21:19:37 CEST 2002
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv15954
Modified Files:
cd-dvd.html documentation.html
Log Message:
Result of review by Nilmoni Deb <ndeb at ece.cmu.edu>.
VCD stuff moved into VCD playback section, put parts of the CD-ROM section
into an unordered list.
Index: cd-dvd.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/cd-dvd.html,v
retrieving revision 1.31
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -r1.31 -r1.32
--- cd-dvd.html 3 Aug 2002 01:32:14 -0000 1.31
+++ cd-dvd.html 3 Aug 2002 19:19:22 -0000 1.32
@@ -11,37 +11,20 @@
<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>Linux documentation excerpt:</P>
-<P>Examples:<BR>
- <CODE>mplayer -vcd 1<BR>
- mplayer -fs -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc</CODE></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>
-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>
+ <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>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>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
@@ -153,6 +137,31 @@
<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>
Index: documentation.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/documentation.html,v
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diff -u -r1.279 -r1.280
--- documentation.html 2 Aug 2002 01:23:43 -0000 1.279
+++ documentation.html 3 Aug 2002 19:19:22 -0000 1.280
@@ -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>
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