Re: what tool to view CDROM containing TV show?

[Michael Waters <baobabt_rmthis@rogers.com>]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2003, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Gentlemen, I have been send a CDROM with a television show on it.
> What might be the right tool to view it?  The CDROM's structure is:
> $ tree -s
> |-- [       27]  autorun.inf
> |-- [     2048]  cdda
> |-- [     2048]  cdi
> |-- [     2048]  ext
> |-- [   155648]  mpeg2dmx.ax
> |-- [     2048]  mpegav
> |   `-- [445904896]  avseq01.dat
> |-- [   129024]  mpgdec.ax
> |-- [    36864]  playwnd.exe
> |-- [     2048]  segment
> `-- [     2048]  vcd
>     |-- [     2048]  entries.vcd
>     |-- [     2048]  info.vcd
>     |-- [     2048]  lot.vcd
>     `-- [     2048]  psd.vcd


You can use mplayer, xine, vlc to watch vcd/svcd.  For mplayer, don't
mount the CD, just `mplayer -vcd 2` or `mplayer vcd://2`.

Michael


> However even with the right tool, it seems there will be additional
> problems, seen with similar CDs, and both my CD drives:
> $ wc mpegav/avseq01.dat 
> wc: mpegav/avseq01.dat: Input/output error
>         0         0     12288 mpegav/avseq01.dat
> In /var/log/kern.log:
> I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 2436
> Of course trying mount -o sync doesn't help either.