[SOLVED] Unable to play encrypted dvds properly with mpv with libdvdcss installed

Pinonoir · 08-07-2014, 03:40 PM

I installed mpv from source. I installed libdvdcss and x264 to get it working. I tried an encrypted dvd which began to play but was scrambled to hell and back. Tried another one and it played just fine. I'm unsure what libraries I need for easy viewing, also I tried to change my dvd device from the default /dev/dvd to /dev/sr0 using the config file in ~/.mplayer/config with

Code:

dvd-device = /dev/sr0

to no avail. If I use

Code:

mpv dvd:// --dvd-device = /dev/sro

it plays fine. Not sure what to do and will continue to look for a solution.

rg3 · 08-07-2014, 03:58 PM

mpv does not use ~/.mplayer/config, but ~/.mpv/config. Maybe that's the problem with the DVD device option.

And about playing scrambled DVDs, you need to install libdvdcss like you already did, then play the DVD with mpv dvdread://[WHATEVER]. dvdread:// triggers the old code for DVDs, which uses libdvdread and in turn loads libdvdcss if available.

Pinonoir · 08-07-2014, 04:13 PM

I don't have anything in my ~/.mpv file, but it's there anyway.

Pinonoir · 08-07-2014, 04:58 PM

mpoved the config file from mplayer to mpv and used dvdread://[chapter title] that fixed it.