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11-10-2002, 11:31 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2002
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dvd and cdrom
I'm trying to play DVD's on my computer with Ogle, but I don't really understand how to link my /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd files and how to mount my DVD drive each time I boot up. I've created the /dev/dvd file, and I know I've got to do the rest in the /etc/fstab file, but I'm not really sure how to do it.
Any help would be appreiciated.
Thanks.
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11-11-2002, 12:50 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Shanghai, CHINA
Distribution: RH 5.0,5.1 6.0,6.1 7.0,7.1,7.2,7.3.,8.0,9.0, RH Enterprise, Fedora C1, C2
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What distribution are you running?
Okay, the easies way to deal with this, is that instead of selecting, Open Disc, just select
Open, and then go to your /mnt/cdrom
and select the /mnt/cdrom folder. Then the DVD will automagically play into the DVD menu.
if you only have a DVD-drive in your computer, I'm sure your mount foler will be /mnt/cdrom
It depends on what distribution you have, but usually the drive is automagically mounted in Redhat. However, if you need to mount it yourself, just type at the command line:
mount /mnt/cdrom
that should do the trick.
I hope this helps,
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11-11-2002, 04:07 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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you won't need to mount a dvd to play it.
adn try using http://mplayerhq.hu , it's much better
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11-11-2002, 01:03 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Shanghai, CHINA
Distribution: RH 5.0,5.1 6.0,6.1 7.0,7.1,7.2,7.3.,8.0,9.0, RH Enterprise, Fedora C1, C2
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you know acid_kewpie, I totally agree with you that mplayer is much better, but Ogle is easier to install and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, and it has complete DVD menu, angle change, etc.. features, just like any Windows DVD playing software. So, for DVD play back purposes, I think it is at least as good as Mplayer.
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11-11-2002, 07:19 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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well horses for courses and all that stuff. depends what you want out of it. personally i want flexibility and stability. others want shiny things
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11-11-2002, 07:20 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Plymouth, England.
Distribution: Mostly Debian based systems
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Alternatively... install both! That way you get both shiny things and flexibility!
(I don't have Ogle/Xine installed )
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11-13-2002, 09:19 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Shanghai, CHINA
Distribution: RH 5.0,5.1 6.0,6.1 7.0,7.1,7.2,7.3.,8.0,9.0, RH Enterprise, Fedora C1, C2
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good point Thymox,
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