Re: how do I play divx encoded films on testing?
Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> writes:
> alan@kanger:/dev$ mplayer -vcd 2 /dev/dvd
>
>
> MPlayer CVS-011215-05:00-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2001 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS!)
>
> CPU vendor name: AuthenticAMD max cpuid level: 1
> CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon TB Thunderbird (Type: 6, Stepping: 2)
> extended cpuid-level: 6
> CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
> Reading /home/alan/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 23 audio & 64 video codecs
> font: can't open file: /home/alan/.mplayer/font/font.desc
> font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
> Linux RTC init: open: Permission denied
> Using usleep() timing
> Playing /dev/dvd
> read CDROM toc header: : Input/output error
> read CDROM toc header: : Input/output error
> Error selecting VCD track! (get)
>
> Exiting... (End of file)
>
>
> (I just checked the permissions in /dev/dvd - these look fine)
First of all, /dev/dvd is probably a symlink to the real device -
check the permissions of that.
Secondly, you need write permissions to the device becuse of the CSS
negotiation.
--
Keith Willoughby
Sunsh ne ess rt
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