Automount DVD Drive w/ Permissions

jerm1701 · 02-28-2006, 02:44 PM

Hi,

In /etc/fstab, I have

Code:

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,ro,exec,users 0 0

I can read data CD's when inserted just fine in Konq, but I can't watch DVD's in Kaffine (or mplayer) unless I unmount the drive and remount it as root. Any ideas why? I'd like to be able to pop in any DVD and just watch it. Permissions for /mnt/cdrom2 are 755. Mandrake 10.1.

Thanks,
Jeremy

perfect_circle · 02-28-2006, 03:24 PM

You don't need to mount the drive to play dvd at all.

In my system dvd's with xine and mplayer play just fine without mounting the drive

jerm1701 · 03-02-2006, 09:49 AM

Really? So it's like an audio CD? I don't get it, I've always had to mount the DVD.

Jeremy

ethics · 03-02-2006, 10:23 AM

I believe it's because when mounting a drive, you're actually mounting the filesystem, Audio CDs dont have filesystems, nor do DVDs i think, only data ones, hence having to mount them

perfect_circle · 03-02-2006, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethics

I believe it's because when mounting a drive, you're actually mounting the filesystem, Audio CDs dont have filesystems, nor do DVDs i think, only data ones, hence having to mount them

You are wrong about the dvd's. They do have a filesystem. The UDF filesystem, Universal Disc Format, but you can play them without mounting the disc.
I think it has to do with the structure of the filesystem but I'm not sure about this.
Anyway as far as I know DVD's play better without mounting the drive at all.

If you are interested search google about the UDF filesystem.