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| author |  diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-08-03 19:19:22 +0000 |
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| committer | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-08-03 19:19:22 +0000 |
| commit | 867b0a107761cf3006eb0009d568ec7dc3245de9 (patch) | |
| tree | 71d2210df3a7fb038321a61b83e2375a4c0011de | |
| parent | f7da210b5063ca72811a408cbdaf31b171bbe970 (diff) | |
Result of review by Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu>.
VCD stuff moved into VCD playback section, put parts of the CD-ROM section
into an unordered list.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@6879 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/cd-dvd.html | 61 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/documentation.html | 1 |
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/cd-dvd.html b/DOCS/cd-dvd.html index eac04c328d..1e8a9c5ae8 100644 --- a/DOCS/cd-dvd.html +++ b/DOCS/cd-dvd.html @@ -11,37 +11,20 @@ <P><B><A NAME=4.1>4.1. CD-ROM drives</A></B></P> -<P>Playing standard Video CDs:</P> - -<P><CODE>mplayer -vcd <track> [-cdrom-device device]</CODE></P> +<P>Linux documentation excerpt:</P> -<P>Examples:<BR> - <CODE>mplayer -vcd 1<BR> - mplayer -fs -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc</CODE></P> +<P>Modern CD-ROM drives can attain very high head speeds, yet some CD-ROM drives + are capable of running at reduced speeds. There are several reasons that might + make you consider changing the speed of a CD-ROM drive:</P> -Notes: <UL> - <LI>Do <B>not</B> mount VCD disks and play DAT files directly! It may work - under Windows but will not under Linux. You have to play VCDs with the - <CODE>-vcd</CODE> option.</LI> - <LI>VCD disks usually have 2 tracks: a data track (containing autostart - Windows playback program, karaoke data etc) and a mode-2 track (the movie). - So try <CODE>-vcd 2</CODE> first.</LI> - <LI>The default VCD device is <CODE>/dev/cdrom</CODE>. If your setup differs, - make a symlink, or specify the correct device on the command line with the - <CODE>-cdrom-device</CODE> option.</LI> + <LI>Ther have been reports of read errors at these high speeds, especially + with badly pressed CD-ROMs. Reducing the speed can prevent data loss under + these circumstances.</LI> + <LI>Many CD-ROM drives are annoyingly loud, a lower speed may reduce the + noise.</LI> </UL> -<P>Linux documentation excerpt:</P> - -<P>Some CD-ROM drives are capable of changing their head speed. There are - several reasons for changing the speed of a CD-ROM drive. Badly pressed - CD-ROMs may benefit from less-than-maximum head speed. Modern CD-ROM drives - can obtain very high head speeds. It has been reported that these drives can - make read errors at these high speeds, reducing the speed can prevent data - loss under these circumstances. Finally, some of these drives can make an - annoyingly loud noise, which a lower speed may reduce.</P> - <P>You can reduce the drive speed with hdparm or a program called setcd. It works like this:</P> @@ -68,6 +51,7 @@ Notes: <P>Please refer to "<CODE>/proc/ide/[cdrom device]/settings</CODE>" for fine-tuning your CD-ROM.</P> + <P><B><A NAME=4.2>4.2. DVD playback</A></B></P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses <CODE>libdvdread</CODE> and <CODE>libdvdcss</CODE> for @@ -154,5 +138,30 @@ Notes: <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvdauth /dev/dvd /mnt/cd/video_ts/vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P> <P> <CODE>mplayer -dvdkey C005D4A16D vts_03_1.vob</CODE></P> + +<P><B><A NAME=4.3>4.3. VCD playback</A></B></P> + +<P>Playing standard Video CDs:</P> + +<P><CODE>mplayer -vcd <track> [-cdrom-device device]</CODE></P> + +<P>Examples:<BR> + <CODE>mplayer -vcd 1<BR> + mplayer -fs -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc</CODE></P> + +Notes: +<UL> + <LI>Do <B>not</B> mount VCD disks and play DAT files directly! It may work + under Windows but will not under Linux. You have to play VCDs with the + <CODE>-vcd</CODE> option.</LI> + <LI>VCD disks usually have 2 tracks: a data track (containing autostart + Windows playback program, karaoke data etc) and a mode-2 track (the movie). + So try <CODE>-vcd 2</CODE> first.</LI> + <LI>The default VCD device is <CODE>/dev/cdrom</CODE>. If your setup differs, + make a symlink, or specify the correct device on the command line with the + <CODE>-cdrom-device</CODE> option.</LI> +</UL> + + </BODY> </HTML> diff --git a/DOCS/documentation.html b/DOCS/documentation.html index 1e8ea6f799..718d73ec49 100644 --- a/DOCS/documentation.html +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html @@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ <UL> <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.1">4.1 CD-ROM drives</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.2">4.2 DVD playback</A></LI> + <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.3">4.3 VCD playback</A></LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><A HREF="faq.html">5. FAQ section</A> |