[MPlayer-users] MPlayer format error

[Georgi Georgiev]

Keshava wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi
> 
> I installed cvs mplayer on my IBM thinkpad, but when I tryied to play a 
> DVD movie I got the following error:
> 
> "sorry, this file format is not recognized/supported.  If this file is 
> an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the author."
> 
> The DVD format on the disk is VOB.  I am running Linux Redhat 8.  If 
> anyone knows how I can solve this problem, it would be greatly appreciated.

"man mplayer" and search for dvd.
or just "mplayer" and grep -i for dvd.

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