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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Siplus on 22 April 2003, 02:44

Title: mplayer problem
Post by: Siplus 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?
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: jtpenrod on 22 April 2003, 05:17
Do you have /dev/cdrom1 in your /etc/fstab file?
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Title: mplayer problem
Post by: Siplus on 22 April 2003, 05:54
yes i do...

(first time i heard of the file, but ya, i have both cdroms in it)
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: Lord C on 29 April 2003, 08:54
Try Xine, it always works for me when others fail.
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: billy_gates 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.
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: Lord C on 29 April 2003, 19:27
Ouch, it had thousands of dependacies. I got bored after downloading about 12
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: KernelPanic on 29 April 2003, 20:25
symlink /dev/dvd to /dev/cdrom1, as it looks for /dev/dvd first.
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: Siplus on 30 April 2003, 01:23
quote:
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...

 
quote:
 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* ]

Title: mplayer problem
Post by: emh 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.
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: Siplus on 30 April 2003, 06:10
thanks!! i can play dvds now
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: Lord C on 30 April 2003, 16:48
Spilux, what player you using?
After testuing i found Xine doesnt actually play DVDs :? does do DivX though.
Title: mplayer problem
Post by: KernelPanic on 30 April 2003, 20:27
quote:
Originally posted by Siplus: *Capitalist*:
thanks!! i can play dvds now


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