Hi,
Thanks to all who answered.
This dvd is not encrypted, so it is not a libdvdcss missing problem.
$ xine *.VOB
works, but is not quite perfect.
See below for more questions.
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 12:20:59PM -0000, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote:
> David Purton <dcpurton@chariot.net.au> said:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't have a dvd player, but occasionally African Enterprise sends me
> > short DVDs of their work. Usually they are short enough that I can just
> > copy the contents onto a CD at work and bring it home to watch using
> > *some move player*.
> >
> > The last one was made up of 5 VOB files, that I had to play one at a
> > time and they would stop at inopportune moments and I'd have to load up
> > the next one.... not that great...
> >
> > so I end up going with something like this:
> >
> > $ mplayer /media/cdrecorder/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB
> > $ mplayer /media/cdrecorder/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_2.VOB
>
> Are you copying the files with the appropiate tool (vobcopy, dvdbackup, etc)
> and making iso image with -dvd-compat option enabled?
mmm. No. I just copied the files to hard disk using Windows and then
dumped them back on a CD using Nero. Nothing special. What does vobcopy
or dvdbackup do differently?
-dvd-compat? What's this?
mkisofs contains a -dvd-video option which seems to be relavant if I
wanted to write to an actual DVD.
I found growisofs which does take -dvd-compat, but again this seems to
be more relavant to burning actual dvds.
>
> You can try this
>
> $ mplayer -dvd-device /path/to/diskorCDmountpoint dvd://1
>
Ha! This *sort of* works.
It doesn't work from the CD:
$ mplayer -dvd-device /media/cdrecorder dvd://1
.
.
.
libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/hdc mounted on /media/cdrecorder for CSS authentication
Reading disc structure, please wait...
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
Can't open VMG info!
But it *does* work if I first copy to my hard disk from the CD:
$ mkdir dvdtestfolder
$ cp -R /media/cdrecorder/* dvdtestfolder/
$ mplayer -dvd-device ~/dvdtestfolder dvd://1
.
.
.
Playing dvd://1.
libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
Reading disc structure, please wait...
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:311
for vmgi_mat->zero_3 = 0x00000000010000000000000000000000000000
There are 4 titles on this DVD.
There are 3 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened.
.
.
.
So far my attempts to get it to play from the CD have been unsuccessful,
but this maybe is close enough.
cheers
dc
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David Purton
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For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to
strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
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