[plug] Command line encrypted dvd playing with mplayer

[John Knight]

I've always used libdvdcss, give that a go. Make a link from /dev/scd0 to 
/dev/dvd ("ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/dvd" as root). That should sort your 
problems out. :) If you're using mencoder for divxing DVDs, try the audio 
output plugins, like boosting the audio by +10dB, as the audio levels are 
mastered quite low on DVDs. And, uh.... read the manual WELL. ;)

Make lunch, not war.


>
>Hi Folks,
>
>I gave mplayer a go on the weekend, all went well, very impressed.  I
>used gmplayer to open all the DVDs without a problem.
>
>Now I thought I'd give mencoder a try, which runs mplayer via the
>command line .. but I can't get DVDs to play via the command line.
>
>mplayer -dvd 1 /dev/scd0
>
>Starts is up but can't decrypt the stream, so I guess I have to use
>-dvdauth etc, but am not sure how to specify it, and can't find any
>useful examples in the usual places.
>
>Does anyone know how to start encrypted DVDs from the command line?
>
>Any hints on mencoder would be much appreciated too :)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ryan
>
>


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