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Date:      Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:09:23 +0100
From:      Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
To:        Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mplayer  video output driver not working
Message-ID:  <41A77F63.70100@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <41A6EA3A.4070904@adelphia.net>
References:  <41A6B025.5030601@adelphia.net> <200411260701.50312.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <41A6C977.3080401@adelphia.net> <200411260730.57454.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <41A6E5CD.3020009@adelphia.net> <41A6EA3A.4070904@adelphia.net>

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Kevin Smith wrote:
> For kicks, I tried a different DVD, and it worked !...Reason why I 
> didn't think of trying this first was that the faulty DVD plays fine in 
> xine.  That still doesn't solve the problem completely, though;  Why 
> does this one DVD play on other players (on freebsd and other OS 
> players), but not on mplayer.   Perhaps some security/copyright decoding 
> of some sort that xine is doing that mplayer is not  ?

Just a guess: Perhaps the content on the DVD that does not work is NOT 
css-encrypted and mplayer simply doesn't handle that case right. Try to mount 
the DVD like a normal CD-ROM and then try playing the vob files directly ...

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