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Siplus

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« on: 22 April 2003, 02:44 »
i'm trying to watch a dvd on my rh9 box, but mplayer can't find the dvd! i have a cdrom (24x, cdrom) and a cdrw/dvd (speeds don't really matter, cdrom1), but when i open mplayer (gmplayer) and try to open the dvd, it says there's no medium in /dev/cdrom. i know there is no medium in /dev/cdrom, it's in /dev/cdrom1! so how to i tell mplayer that?
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« Reply #1 on: 22 April 2003, 05:17 »
Do you have /dev/cdrom1 in your /etc/fstab file?
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« Reply #2 on: 22 April 2003, 05:54 »
yes i do...

(first time i heard of the file, but ya, i have both cdroms in it)
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« Reply #3 on: 29 April 2003, 08:54 »
Try Xine, it always works for me when others fail.
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« Reply #4 on: 29 April 2003, 18:13 »
I found that Ogle works the best for DVD's.  I have never been able to get Xine to actually play one, sometimes I get to the menu, sometimes nothing.  I don't know where to get ogle, I got it with apt-get and synaptic.  I heard that it is technically illegal, but big deal.
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« Reply #5 on: 29 April 2003, 19:27 »
Ouch, it had thousands of dependacies. I got bored after downloading about 12
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« Reply #6 on: 29 April 2003, 20:25 »
symlink /dev/dvd to /dev/cdrom1, as it looks for /dev/dvd first.
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« Reply #7 on: 30 April 2003, 01:23 »
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Ouch, it had thousands of dependacies. I got bored after downloading about 12

12 dls? i think i'll wait a month till i get cable...downloading programs takes forever when you dl at 1K/sec...

 
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 symlink /dev/dvd to /dev/cdrom1, as it looks for /dev/dvd first.

uh, [noob] how do i do that? [/noob]

edit: i dled Xine a few days ago, and the same thing happens

[ April 29, 2003: Message edited by: Siplus: *Capitalist* ]

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« Reply #8 on: 30 April 2003, 04:15 »
quote:
Originally posted by Siplus: *Capitalist*:

uh, [noob] how do i do that? [/noob]



At a command line, type "ln -s /dev/cdrom1 /dev/dvd" as root.
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« Reply #9 on: 30 April 2003, 06:10 »
thanks!! i can play dvds now
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« Reply #10 on: 30 April 2003, 16:48 »
Spilux, what player you using?
After testuing i found Xine doesnt actually play DVDs :? does do DivX though.
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« Reply #11 on: 30 April 2003, 20:27 »
quote:
Originally posted by Siplus: *Capitalist*:
thanks!! i can play dvds now


np
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