Mplayer + dvd drive = linking?

Micro420 · 09-12-2003, 05:55 PM

I pop in a DVD, then I use GMPLAYER to open the DVD disc. Well, it just keeps reading and reading and reading and reading and reading and I can't do anything but physically shut off my computer and reboot. Do I need a codec?

adz · 09-12-2003, 06:26 PM

How did you link it? Did you just make a symlink from /dev/cdrom to /dev/scd0? Also, is your DVD a SCSI device or did you enable SCSI emulation? If no to the last question, then it will be called something like /dev/hdc.

If you did do the symlink thing, then just delete the old symlink (type rm /dev/cdrom and the prompt) and make a new one (type - from the /dev directory - ln -s hdc cdrom) and that should fix it. There should be an option in Mplayer to change which device it read, though, but I don't know how to do that.

Micro420 · 09-12-2003, 06:30 PM

I did something in the console by reading another post but I do not exactly remember what I did.

But for GMPlayer, I just went to the preferences option and used /mnt/cdrom2 as my DVD drive. LIke I said earlier, it just reads and reads and reads and doesn't do anything but lock up my computer.

It is not a SCSI and will try those techniques you mentioned

acid_kewpie · 09-12-2003, 06:33 PM

you can't use "/mnt/cdrom2" as that's a mountpoint.. not a dvd device.... use /dev/dvd, /dev/hdc etc....

Micro420 · 09-12-2003, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
you can't use "/mnt/cdrom2" as that's a mountpoint.. not a dvd device.... use /dev/dvd, /dev/hdc etc....

well, I changed it to /dev/hdd....

Still did the same thing: just reads the DVD over and over and over and over and over and stalls my computer and it crashes.
Any other suggestions? i'm thinking maybe I am lacking a DVD codec?

acid_kewpie · 09-12-2003, 06:56 PM

there is no codec... maybe you're using a version striaght off your distro cd's with the dvd support completely removed?

Micro420 · 09-12-2003, 07:19 PM

So how would I enable DVD support from the original Mandrake CD?

acid_kewpie · 09-12-2003, 07:33 PM

you don't. get a real version from the homepage

Micro420 · 09-12-2003, 11:26 PM

here's the problem. See my other thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=92152

there's a link that I put to another problem I have.
Basically, all these problems are interconnected which REALLY sucks

Micro420 · 09-13-2003, 12:10 AM

I'm trying to install the "real" MPlayer from the website rather than from the Mandrake CD, which I originally did.

HOwever, I keep getting the message "requires libpng.so.2"

Well, I typed this in google and downloaded NUMEROUS libpng files from all different versions and this file is nowhere located in my /usr/lib/ directory

Can someone just post a DIRECT link to the correct file? This is really beginning to annoy me and take up my whole day.

acid_kewpie · 09-13-2003, 04:22 AM

Just search fr2.rpmfind.net for the file.

Micro420 · 09-13-2003, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
Just search fr2.rpmfind.net for the file.

Good news as I was reading another post of mine and some guy told me to download the libdvdcss package. So I downloaded that and DVD works now.