[MPlayer-users] Problem with DVD

[Jeffrey Hammel]

>I'm trying to get DVD working on a linux-2.4.19 box using the CVS
>version of mplayer (either with or without gui).  I'm using
>gcc-2.95.3.  The only thing that is perhaps nonstandard about my
>system is that the DVD drive is a dual DVD/CD drive that has been set
>to run using the ide-scsi module.  As a CD it works fine on /dev/scd0
>and I'd simply made a link to /dev/dvd.

>When I start mplayer, e.g., mplayer -dvd 1, or using the gui, I get an
>initial screen.  In the gui, I can see the titles and chapters, and
>better yet, I can seek in the dvd.  However, the movie doesn't
>play--it's as if I've hit pause, although that doesn't show on the
>console output.  In fact, the best success I've had to date is by holding
>down
>the space-bar--things are very choppy, but at least the movie plays.

>I've tried with with the x11 and x11idix drivers (I have a raid-128
>card).

>Any suggestions/ideas?

>David

Have you tried to not use the ide-scsi module?  I know this has caused
problems in the past for me with ogle.  Maybe the same for mplayer?

Jeff