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Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS/xml/en')
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml | 45 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml | 2 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml index c172a0d10d..d8d043c0c4 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml @@ -115,18 +115,6 @@ facilities. </para></note> <formalpara> -<title>Old-style DVD support - OPTIONAL</title> -<para> -Useful if you want to play encoded VOBs from <emphasis role="bold">hard disk</emphasis>. -Compile and install <emphasis role="bold">libcss</emphasis> 0.0.1 (not newer) for this -(If <application>MPlayer</application> fails to detect it, use the -<option>-csslib /path/to/libcss.so</option> option). To use it, you need to be root, -use a suid root <application>MPlayer</application> binary or let -<application>MPlayer</application> call the suid-root fibmap_mplayer wrapper program. -</para> -</formalpara> - -<formalpara> <title>DVD structure</title> <para> DVD disks have 2048 bytes per sector with ECC/CRC. They usually have an UDF @@ -146,31 +134,14 @@ content. </para> <para> -The whole old-style DVD support with <systemitem>libcss</systemitem> therefore -needs a mounted DVD filesystem and raw sector-based access to the device. -Unfortunately you must (under Linux) be root to get the sector address of a -file. You have the following choices: - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para> -Be root or use a suid-root <application>MPlayer</application> binary. -</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para> -Let <application>MPlayer</application> call the suid-root fibmap_mplayer -wrapper program to access the DVD (used in the old-style DVD playback over -<systemitem>libcss</systemitem>). -</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para> -Don't use the kernel's filesystem driver at all and reimplement it in -userspace. <systemitem>libdvdread</systemitem> 0.9.x and <systemitem>libmpdvdkit</systemitem> -do this (new-style DVD support). The kernel UDF filesystem driver is not -needed as they already have their own builtin UDF filesystem driver. -Also the DVD does not have to be mounted as only the raw sector-based -access is used. -</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> +DVD support needs raw sector-based access to the device. Unfortunately you must +(under Linux) be root to get the sector address of a file. That's why we don't +use the kernel's filesystem driver at all, instead we reimplement it in +userspace. <systemitem>libdvdread</systemitem> 0.9.x and +<systemitem>libmpdvdkit</systemitem> do this. The kernel UDF filesystem driver +is not needed as they already have their own builtin UDF filesystem driver. +Also the DVD does not have to be mounted as only the raw sector-based access is +used. </para> <para> diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml index e4435f5d62..f2d369f40c 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ Use the <ulink url="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD? </para></question> <answer><para> -No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have the proper rights +No. However you must have the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <filename class="directory">/dev/</filename>). </para></answer> </qandaentry> |