[MPlayer-users] Difficulty using an external dvd{nav/read}

[Roger Pack]

On 11/14/13, Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 02:12:17PM -0700, Roger Pack wrote:
>> On 11/13/13, Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 01:21:56PM -0700, Roger Pack wrote:
>> >> Similar to this thread:
>> >> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.mplayer.user/65253 (the
>> >> answer at the bottom seems to work for me to be able to use an
>> >> external dvdnav).
>> >>
>> >> It surprised me today, when configuring mplayer, that if I passed it
>> >> configure options like this:
>> >>
>> >> $ ./configure --with-dvdnav-config=/path/to/dvdnav-config
>> >>
>> >> It seemed to ignore my directive and still use the internal dvdnav.  I
>> >> would have thought that if I tell it a dvdnav-config, it would use it.
>> >
>> > I guess that would be possible to implement, but in general all those
>> > options just set one single variable and it doesn't care whether
>> > it makes any sense.
>>
>> Maybe add a warning to configure's help output for that line that
>> helps to clarify this fact?
>
> That isn't any easier than fixing it "properly", patch sent.
>
>> >> My other question was...there is a --disable-dvdread-internal and
>> >> --disable-libdvdcss-internal then no --disable-internal-dvdnav to
>> >> complement)
>> >
>> > You can't mix internal dvdread with external dvdnav or vice versa as
>> > far
>> > as I know, so that would probably be the reason.
>>
>> Maybe add a warning to configure's help output like "disabling dvdread
>> internal also disables dvdnav internal" to help clarify?
>
> Added it to the --help output in same patch as above.

Sweet, thank you.
-roger-