using two cdroms in mplayer

ryans555 · 02-16-2004, 11:06 PM

jus installed mplayer. i am able to play vcds using only one cdrom. mplayer does not recognise my second cd rom. newbie to linux pls help
thanks
ryans

adz · 02-17-2004, 01:19 AM

Did you try specifying it like mplayer vcd://1 /dev/<device>?

sanjaya · 02-17-2004, 01:43 AM

from whre did u get the mplayer and how did u install it im a newbie here too so pls help me i trying for weeks to install mplayer (can u play mpeg , mpg also )

megaspaz · 02-17-2004, 01:46 AM

dammit sanjaya! read your frickin' threads (about 4 or 5 that i can remember) and stop hijacking other people's threads!

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=146923

there's also a search feature.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=103478

ryans555 · 02-17-2004, 03:20 AM

when i specify gmplayer vcd://1 it plays. In the prefernce menu of mplayer under misc whatevr cdrom device i mention it runs only that.
eg if i say CD ROM device =dev/cdrom it plays from dev/cdrom only and does not detect dev/cdrom1 and vice versa. Is it posiible to mention both cdrom and cdrom1 in the CD ROM device

adz · 02-17-2004, 04:54 AM

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Is it posiible to mention both cdrom and cdrom1 in the CD ROM device

Well, what would that achieve? Why not just put the VCD in the correct drive and play as usual? Not to mention you'd run into the possibility of having a VCD in both drives. Then how would it choose which one to play? It adds a lot of unecessary complexity. If, however, you're trying to run two VCDs at once you'll have to run two instances of (g)mplayer.