dvd device?

Hi,

i've got gmplayer and dvdrip built but neither can read my
dvd drive.
I've used the the dvd drive for cd's with no problem.
It's /dev/cd0d
But using this for the dvd doesn't work.


Can someone help me with this please?
Do I need something special in the kernel for dvds?

thanks,
Paul.




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Paul
Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
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"In a world without walls and fences,
who needs windows and gates ?"

Salut, Paul,

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:12:53 +1000, "Paul
(NCC/CS)" <ptsbom.gov.au>
wrote:
> i've got gmplayer and dvdrip built but neither can read
my dvd drive.
> I've used the the dvd drive for cd's with no problem.
> It's /dev/cd0d
> But using this for the dvd doesn't work.
> 
> Can someone help me with this please?
> Do I need something special in the kernel for dvds?

I don't know how it works for dvdrip, but I can play DVDs
with mplayer
using the following command:

% mplayer -dvd-device /dev/cd0d dvd://

A generic way to make it work is to add

ln -s cd0d /dev/dvd

to /etc/rc.local, which removes the obligation for the
-dvd-device
parameter. It also works on vlc (which does a lot better
with
desynchronization due to too slow playback, but becomes
unuseable on
Via boards where the time warps back and forth), where again
you have
to change the device in the Open Disc dialog to /dev/cd0d.

aw
-- 
André Wienck <awiencksolnet.ch>