general methods tried to get mplayer to compile with dvd support

mplayer_foo.txt (text/plain), 2.99 KB, created by fiberchunks on 2003-06-05 03:58:47 UTC

Trying to get mplayer to play enc. dvds

1. make.conf USE contents:
USE="+dvd +readline +cups +alsa +X +gnome +gtk +xv +sdl +gif +jpeg +png +imlib
+mpeg +svga +freetype +quicktime +oss +oggvorbis +encode +opengl +avi +crypt
+spell +python +guile +java +ruby +tcltk +perl +mozilla +xml2 -arts -kde -qt"

2. emerge command line: 
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge mplayer mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins

3. emerge -pv $commandline^^
Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild  N   ] media-video/mplayer-0.90-r1  -dga +oss +jpeg -3dfx -sse -matrox
+sdl +X +svga -ggi +oggvorbis +3dnow -aalib +gnome +xv +opengl +truetype -dvd
+gtk +gif +esd -fbcon +encode +alsa -directfb -arts -dvb 
[ebuild   R  ] net-www/mplayerplug-in-0.71  
[ebuild   R  ] x11-themes/mplayer-skins-0.2

4. /dev/dvd: 
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root   18 Jun  4 13:39 dvd ->/dev/cdroms/cdrom0

5. /etc/devfsd.conf: 
# Create /dev/dvd for the second cdrom drive
#LOOKUP          ^dvd$           CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink ${mntpnt}/cdroms/cdrom1 dvd
#REGISTER        ^cdroms/cdrom1$  CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink ${devpath} dvd
#UNREGISTER      ^cdroms/cdrom1$  CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink dvd

6. libs on system:
DVDREAD:
/usr/lib/libdvdread.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/libdvdread.so.3 -> libdvdread.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/libdvdread.so -> libdvdread.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/libdvdread.la
/usr/lib/libdvdread.a

DECSS:
none

DVDNAV:
/usr/lib/libdvdnav.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libdvdnav.so.1 -> libdvdnav.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libdvdnav.so -> libdvdnav.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libdvdnav.l

DVDCSS:
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2.0.6
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2 -> libdvdcss.so.2.0.6
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.so -> libdvdcss.so.2.0.6
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.la
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.a
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.0 -> libdvdcss.so.2.0.6
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.1 -> libdvdcss.so.2.0.6

7. MPLAYER ERRORS, on issuing: mplayer -dvd 1
MPlayer 0.90-3.2.2 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP
Multiprocessor/Athlon XP eXtreme Performance (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
SSE supported but disabled
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx

Reading config file /usr/share/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config
<b><i>MPlayer was compiled WITHOUT libdvdread support!</i></b>

2ND pass:
1. Changed USE="dvd"   (eliminated plus sign)

2. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge unmerge mplayer mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins

3. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge mplayer mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins

4. mplayer -dvd 1:
Playing DVD title 1
libdvdread: Could not open device with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd

5. So, apparently +/-/sp DOES mean something, now, onto getting /dev/dvd open:

6. Xine and mplayer both now didn't recognize /dev/hdd -- but that was because
of stupidity on my part (didn't have media in the drive).

ANYWAY -- ALL IS WELL NOW -- it seems that you CANNOT specify +dvd in your USE
flags for mplayer.  Why this is, i dunno.