[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [MPlayer-users] dvd:// and -dvd controversy

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 07:06:46PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > No. You really have 0.90; Arpi just forgot to change the version
> > string before making the release, so it says 0.90rc5. And you are
> > definitely using the wrong mencoder; I've been using mencoder dvd://
> > ... for a long time! Please learn how to manage your system, rm the
> > old mencoder, and stop this silly argument...
> > 
> > Rich
> 
> btw, i've just tried 0_90 cvs, and he is right, mencoder doesn't
> accept dvd:// for dunno why. 100000l to Albeu perhaps. main CVS works ok.
> i've tried to undrestand the hacks in parse-mpcmd.c and parse-mecmd.c,
> which seems to convert between -dvd and dvd:// syntax but can't understand.
> or maybe some changes partially/badly ported from main to 0_90?

Doh! :( 10l to me for not actually trying it.

BTW, do you think it's time to release 0.91 with lots of nonsense bugs
like this finished? The "0.90rc5" version string bug is confusing
enough by itself, and there are a good many more fixes since then too.

Rich