[MPlayer-users] dvd play problem (scrambled)

[Nico Sabbi]

Adrian Grajdeanu wrote:
> Yes, I've tried it that way too...
> 
> apollo>mplayer dvdnav://
> 
> ...
> 
> Playing dvdnav://.
> [file] No filename
> Failed to open dvdnav://.
> 
> Exiting... (End of file)
> apollo>
> 
> Honestly I can't figure out how to use this dvdnav... Do I need to 
> install additional stuff??

you need to install libdvdnav (with all its headers) then reconfigure
and recompile mplayer.
libdvdnav is available here: dvd.sf.net and soon && hopefully
in mphq, too

> 
> Anyway, I'm really puzzled because the darn thing works in a different 
> computer with different hardware, yet (supposedly) same software.
> 
> Can newer drives have something done to them, so they cannot play 
> (recent) DVDs??? I don't know what, some sort of missing decryption 
> keys, or list of invalid keys???
> 
> A.

boh...
And please DONT_TOP_POST (as I already wrote)