[MPlayer-users] To play a copied dvd

[Emiliano Rago]

On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 04:21:14PM +0000, Matthew Mott wrote:
> Emiliano Rago wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I copied a DVD into my hd with vobcopy, then I tried
> >to copy it into a blank DVD.
> >Everything seems all right, but I can't play this new DVD with mplayer:
> >
> >   libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> >
> >but mplayer start with this command:
> >
> >  mplayer /cdrom/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB
> >
> >What's the problem ?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Emiliano
> >
> 
> From the website it looks like vobcopy only copies the VOBs to the
> harddisk - you need to copy the entire DVD structure to produce a
> playable backup dvd (or create a new one with dvdauthor).
> 
> Try using dvdbackup instead.

vobcopy can create a mirror of the DVD with the -m option.
If I copy the DVD in my hd:
 
 cp -r /cdrom/  ~/

then mplayer can play it with the command

mplayer -dvd-device ~/cdrom dvd://1

Thanks,
Emiliano