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2001-08-24 18:48:13 +00:00
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<P><B><A NAME=4.1>4.1. CD-ROM drives</A></B></P>
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2001-09-08 04:52:58 +00:00
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<P>Playing standard Video CDs:</P>
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<P><CODE>mplayer -vcd <track> [-cdrom-device device]</CODE></P>
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<P>Examples:<BR>
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<CODE>mplayer -vcd 1<BR>
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mplayer -fs -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc</CODE></P>
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Notes:
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<UL>
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<LI>Do <B>not</B> mount VCD disks and play DAT files directly! It may work
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under Windows but will not under Linux. You have to play VCDs with the
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<CODE>-vcd</CODE> option.</LI>
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<LI>VCD disks usually have 2 tracks: a data track (containing autostart
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Windows playback program, karaoke data etc) and a mode-2 track (the movie).
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So try <CODE>-vcd 2</CODE> first.</LI>
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<LI>The default VCD device is <CODE>/dev/cdrom</CODE>. If your setup differs,
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make a symlink, or specify the correct device on the command line with the
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<CODE>-cdrom-device</CODE> option.</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>Linux documentation excerpt:</P>
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<P>Some CD-ROM drives are capable of changing their head speed. There are
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several reasons for changing the speed of a CD-ROM drive. Badly pressed
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CD-ROMs may benefit from less-than-maximum head speed. Modern CD-ROM drives
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can obtain very high head speeds. It has been reported that these drives can
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make read errors at these high speeds, reducing the speed can prevent data
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loss under these circumstances. Finally, some of these drives can make an
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annoyingly loud noise, which a lower speed may reduce.</P>
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<P>You can reduce the drive speed with hdparm or a program called setcd.
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It works like this:</P>
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<P> <CODE>hdparm -E [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P>
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<P> <CODE>setcd -x [speed] [cdrom device]</CODE></P>
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<P>You can also try</P>
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<P> <CODE>echo current_speed:4 >/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P>
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<P>but you will need root privileges. The following command may also help:</P>
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<P> <CODE>echo file_readahead:2000000 >/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE></P>
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<P>This sets prefetched file reading to 2MB, which helps with scratched CD-ROMs.
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It is recommended that you also tune your CD-ROM drive with hdparm:</P>
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<P> <CODE>hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 (cdrom device)</CODE></P>
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<P>This enables DMA access, read-ahead, and IRQ unmasking (read the hdparm man
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page for a detailed explanation).</P>
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<P>Please refer to "<CODE>/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE>" for
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fine-tuning your CD-ROM.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=4.2>4.2. DVD playback</A></B></P>
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<P><B>MPlayer</B> uses <CODE>libdvdread</CODE> and <CODE>libdvdcss</CODE> for
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DVD decryption and playback. These two libraries are contained in the
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<CODE>libmpdvdkit/</CODE> subdirectory of the <B>MPlayer</B> source tree, you
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do not have to install them separately. We opted for this solution because
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we had to fix a libdvdread bug, and apply a patch which adds
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<B>cracked CSS keys caching support</B> to libdvdcss. This results in a large
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speed increase because the keys do not have to be cracked every time before
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playing. The cracked keys are stored in the
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<CODE>~/.mplayer/DVDKeys</CODE> directory.</P>
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<P><B>MPlayer</B> can also use system-wide <CODE>libdvdread</CODE> and
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<CODE>libdvdcss</CODE> libraries, but this solution is <B>not</B> recommended,
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as it can result in bugs, library incompatibilities, and slower speed.</P>
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<P>Support for DVD navigation via <CODE>dvdnav</CODE> is being worked on, but
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not finished yet.</P>
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<P><B>Old-style DVD support - <I>OPTIONAL</I></B></P>
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<P>Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from hard disk. Compile and
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install <B>libcss</B> 0.0.1 (not newer) for this (If <B>MPlayer</B> fails to
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detect it, use the <CODE>-csslib /path/to/libcss.so</CODE> option).</P>
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<P><B>Using MPlayer to play DVDs:</B></P>
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<TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%">
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvd <title_id> </CODE></TD>
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<TD>Enables DVD support and selects title.</TD><TR>
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<TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-chapter <chapter_id> </CODE></TD>
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<TD>Selects DVD chapter(s) to play (default: 1).
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Example: <CODE>-chapter 5-10</CODE> or <CODE>-chapter -9</CODE></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdangle <angle_id> </CODE></TD>
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<TD>Selects camera angle (default: 1)</TD><TR>
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<TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-alang <country code> </CODE></TD>
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<TD>
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The <CODE>country code</CODE> tells <B>MPlayer</B> which audio language(s) to prefer.
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For a list of available languages, add the <CODE>-v</CODE> option after
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your DVD options and browse the output.<BR>
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For example:<BR>
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<CODE>-alang hu,en</CODE> - Tries to find Hungarian audio,
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falling back to English audio.</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-slang <country code> </CODE></TD>
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Turns on DVD subtitles. The <CODE>country code</CODE> tells <B>MPlayer</B>
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which language(s) to prefer.
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For the list of available languages, add the <CODE>-v</CODE> option after
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your DVD options and browse the output.<BR>
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For example:<BR>
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<CODE>-slang hu,en</CODE> - Tries to display Hungarian subtitles,
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falling back to English subtitles.</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-sid <subtitle_id> </CODE></TD>
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<TD>
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Displays a subtitle channel with the given <CODE>id</CODE> (values can be
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0-31). Useful with badly mastered DVDs where the country code
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selects the wrong channel.</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-csslib <path/filename></CODE></TD>
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<TD>
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(old-style DVD option) This option is used to override the default location
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of <CODE>libcss.so</CODE>.
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</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdauth <DVD device> </CODE></TD>
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<TD>
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(old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given device.
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</TD></TR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-dvdkey <CSS key></CODE></TD>
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<TD>
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(old-style DVD option) When decoding from non-DVD, this option gives the
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CSS key needed to crack the DVD (the key is printed when authenticating
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with DVD).
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</TD></TR>
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</TABLE>
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<P>The default device is <CODE>/dev/dvd</CODE>, you can change it in
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<CODE>config.h</CODE> (compile time option), or you can specify it using the
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<CODE>-dvd-device</CODE> option:</P>
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<P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
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<P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
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<P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 1 -slang en -dvd-device /dev/dvd -chapter 20-25</CODE></P>
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<P> <CODE>mplayer -dvd 2 -alang sp -chapter 5 -dvdangle 2</CODE></P>
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<P> <CODE>mplayer -dvdauth /dev/dvd /mnt/cd/video_ts/vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P>
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<P> <CODE>mplayer -dvdkey C005D4A16D vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P>
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