[MPlayer-users] problem with install mplayer

[Jeremy Hansen]

>  I do this command: "mplayer dvd:// -dvd-device /media/dvd"
>  but i get this error: "libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
>  libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
>  Can't open VMG info!
>  [file] No filename
>  Failed to open dvd://."
>  Do i must put anything else instead of "-dvd-device" or not?

Try mplayer dvd:// -dvd-device /dev/cdrom

/media/dvd is where you mount your device to. You need the actual
device (could also be /dev/dvd /dev/hdc etc have a look in /etc/fstab
to find out what device it is), and you do not need to mount it before
you watch the dvd.