[SOLVED] How do I view dvd in Slackware 12

NightSky · 07-27-2008, 12:55 AM

Using Xfce 4.4.2, what do I need to do to view a DVD? I use audacious to listen to cds but never had the need to set anything up to view DVD till now. The following is my /etc/fstab

Quote:

#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Thanks

T3slider · 07-27-2008, 01:01 AM

If you mean to watch a DVD movie, try using Xine (it includes menu support) or install VLC (a package and SlackBuild is available here).

phantom_cyph · 07-27-2008, 01:07 AM

VLC is definitely my favorite movie player. Make sure you have libdvdcss2 installed as well, or else your video will be very bad quality (if any video at all).

ErV · 07-27-2008, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NightSky

Using Xfce 4.4.2, what do I need to do to view a DVD?

Xine, Kaffeine, VLC or Mplayer.

onebuck · 07-28-2008, 01:38 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by NightSky

Using Xfce 4.4.2, what do I need to do to view a DVD? I use audacious to listen to cds but never had the need to set anything up to view DVD till now. The following is my /etc/fstab

Thanks

Do you want to play a DVD or view the content of a filesystem on DVD?

Several people have suggested ways to play a DVD. If you want to view the contents or filesystem on a DVD then you will first need to mount the dvd. You can mount a DVD via the cli;

Code:

~#mkdir /mnt/your_mount_point
~#mount /dev/Your_DVD /mnt/your_mount_point 
~#ls /mnt/your_mount_point      #do a 'man ls' to see options

The latter command will list the files for the filesystem.

You might need to add the -t along with the filesystem type for the mount command. Do a 'man mount' to get more information.

NightSky · 11-12-2013, 10:15 PM

Thank you all. Currently using MPlayer, Alien's last 13.37 Pkg. '20110624-x86_64-1alien.tgz' configures itself. I really like VLC but only ran it in XP. Sadly configuring Xine has proved illusive.