A few useful commands that I know......
1.To play DVD, track 1
gmplayer dvd://1 -alang en
2.To play VCD, track 2
mplayer vcd://2 -alang en
3.To copy VCD track 2 and output it as "2.avi"....its fast
mplayer -dumpstream vcd://2 -alang en -dumpfile 2.avi
Above in 3., replace "vcd" with "dvd" and u'll rip off dvd track 2 with output as "2.avi"
I have googled a lot for a particular error "
Can't play VCD.....Seek Failed! ", but didn't find any answers. So let me share with u some new found/discovered knowledge. It seems many linux users still aren't able to watch dvd's/vcd's on their *nix box or still use windows for that. They haven't fully shifted to *nix.
So this is for them.
1. U need "libdvdcss","dvdnav" modules installed. In fedora command as root "
yum -y install *dvd* win32codec* gstreamer* *mp3* *mplayer* *xine* *mpeg* lame vorbis " This installs complete entertainment package on ur system. Its better to install realplayer separately after removing helix player to play real media files. After this u can install amarok easily
2. U may also command " yum -y install lib* ". It installs all the libraries so that in future u dont have any problem for missing dependencies.
3. For playing commercial vcd's/dvd's, u dont need to mount it manually. Just insert it (vcd's) , open up Xine => show controls => press vcd/dvd tab and it will play and its much stabler than windows media player.
If u mount the vcd's and dvds manually u'll experience
"
Can't play VCD.....Seek Failed!" error.
If there's anything I missed, others r welcomed to complete the post.
@subratabera....congrats for ur thread.
