[MPlayer-users] dvdkit

[David C. Diemer]

This is a loaded question because it has so many possible answers.  Let's do 
some basic checks:

1. /dev/dvd exists? If not, make sure you have a link to the real device. My 
real device is really long but there exists a link called /dev/scd0 which 
points to the real device. I created a new soft link called 'dvd' and 'rdvd' 
(for Xine) that pointed to /dev/scd0. Now /dev/dvd exists.

2. Have you tried 'gmplayer' from a shell prompt?  When I first ran 
gmplayer, it complained that I hadn't picked a default video nor audio 
output.  So I ran 'gmplayer -ao help'. I found that I should use '-ao oss 
-vo xv'. I later learned to add '-nofs -idx' to prevent fullscreen and give 
me a pseudo-index into .avi and .mpeg files (allows forward and backward 
scanning). So my new gmplayer command is 'gmplayer -ao oss -vo xv -nofs 
-idx'. You can create a config file in ~/.mplayer with these options on. 
Also, you should have /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf where you can make 
system-level changes. I created soft links in ~/.mplayer to all the files in 
/etc/mplayer (input.conf, codecs.conf, and mplayer.conf).

3. If you're still missing the font, then you can either create a soft link 
in ~/.mplayer/font to /usr/share/mplayer/iso-8859-1/arial-18 (or your 
required font).  You can also try creating a system-level soft link in 
/usr/share/mplayer/font to /usr/share/mplayer/font/iso-8859-1/arial-18.

4. It's possible that you don't have a defined mplayer skin. The default 
skin is named default and is located in /usr/share/mplayer/Skins/default. 
Mine didn't come with one so I created a soft link in 
/usr/share/mplayer/Skins/default to /usr/share/mplayer/Skins/phony (my 
personal favorite). You may also change the skin in 
/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf and again in ~/.mplayer/gui.conf (created when you 
first run gmplayer).

Let me know what happens.  Thanks.


Dave







----Original Message Follows----
From: cas <winter_night at softhome.net>
Reply-To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
Subject: [MPlayer-users] dvdkit
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:44:05 -0500

[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
Hi all
Im trying to get the dvd playback to work on my system.
I installed via rpms originally but the dvd kit did not seem to be installed
with the athlon rpms. Is there any way to add it in later or would I have to
recompile completely?

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