From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp016.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.174.113]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16j6zB-0007Ic-00 for ; Thu, 07 Mar 2002 18:07:45 -0500 Received: from igueths (AUTH login) at h0020780ec921.ne.mediaone.net (HELO OEMCOMPUTER) (igueths@24.62.33.0) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Mar 2002 23:07:47 -0000 Message-ID: <001c01c1c62b$ce542940$01213e18@OEMCOMPUTER> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <003b01c1c627$bb8d2c20$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> Subject: Re: Playing DVDs in linux console. (mplayer installation) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:59:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Alex. Well one thing you could do is use Edonkey to download the divx = on the linux box, then use ftp or nfs to transfer it to the winblows box = to watch it. Well at least you can use Linux for something movie-related = smile.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alex Snow To: Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 5:30 PM Subject: Re: Playing DVDs in linux console. (mplayer installation) > That would be funny watching movies in ascii only! > DVDs ar mainly for winblows and mac systems. Until we can use X there = isn't > any really way to watch DVDs from the console (frown) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Johan Bergstr=F6m" > To: "Igor Gueths" > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:44 AM > Subject: Re: Playing DVDs in linux console. (mplayer installation) >=20 >=20 > Short answer, No. >=20 > There is no way to render the graphics in the console that is needed = to > watch movies. There probably are some 256 color movie program out = there, > but thats not how you want to watch movies, if you can see. There is = also > a aalib driver for mplayer which will play the movie in the console = using > only ascii characters. But thats not how you want to see a movie = either, > thats mostly for fun and showing off. To watch a movie using both a = video > codec and audio you need to get X running, install sdl libraries, > recompile mplayer so that it supports SDL. (Or GGI or X11libs or some > other graphics lib) and run it using -vc sdl, or -vo sdl. >=20 > Johan >=20 > On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: >=20 > > Hi. I read most of this in the mplayer docs available on the site. = One > question though. By the way, nice guide! Anyway, can sighted people = see the > video from the console? Or do you have to have x running before you = can do > that? I'm just asking because once I get my system up, I want to be = able to > watch divx with friends and stuff. I used to do this on the winblows = box. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Johan Bergstr=F6m > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:51 PM > > Subject: Playing DVDs in linux console. (mplayer installation) > > > > > > > Alright, first off you need a working compiler and the make = program and > > > all the standard development libraries. I'm not going into detail = how to > > > get that, I'm going to assume you have it all working and = concentrate on > > > getting the movies rolling. Oh, and you also need X developement > > > libraries. If you run debian, you can just run, > > > > > > apt-get install xlib6g xlib6g-dev > > > > > > If you have apt setup, which you should have if you run debian. = :-) > > > > > > Otherwise, you'll have to search through your CD's or something = for X > > > libraries and the X developement enviroment. Its only needed for = the > > > compilation, you wont need to run X to run mplayer to watch = movies. > > > > > > You need to download quite a few files, here are some URL's = stright to > the > > > files you need, you can use wget or lynx or whatever you = wish to > > > save them. > > > > > > = http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/dist/libdvdcss-0.0.3.ogle3.tar.gz > > > = http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/dist/libdvdread-0.9.2.tar.gz > > > http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.60.tar.bz2 > > > http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2 > > > > > > Now, start by uncompressing the libdvdcss and libdvdread files and > install > > > them in the standard way, something like this, > > > > > > tar xzf libdvdcss-0.0.3.ogle3.tar.gz > > > cd libdvdcss-0.0.3.ogle3 > > > ./configure > > > make > > > make install > > > cd .. > > > tar xzf libdvdread-0.9.2.tar.gz > > > cd libdvdread-0.9.2 > > > ./configure > > > make > > > make install > > > > > > Both those make install commands has to be run as root, since they > install > > > in /usr/local/lib. > > > > > > Next, uncompress w23codecs-0.60.tar.bz2, > > > > > > tar xIf w32codec-0.60.tar.bz2 > > > > > > Then create the directory /usr/lib/win32 and move the files under > > > w32codec-0.60 into that dir. > > > > > > Now make sure you have a link in the /dev directory called dvd = that > points > > > to your dvd player device. Usually its the /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd = device > > > thats the dvd player. Create if if it doesnt exist, > > > > > > ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd > > > > > > Now its time for mplayer, uncompress it in the usual manor, and do = the > > > standard commands. > > > > > > tar xIf MPlayer-current.tar.bz2 > > > cd MPlayer-20020303 > > > ./configure > > > > > > Here, in the output of the configure script, make sure you see = these > > > lines, or something similar to it, > > > > > > Checking for DVD support (libdvdread - new style) ... yes > > > Checking for Win32 DLL support ... yes (using /usr/lib/win32) > > > > > > And either one of these, > > > > > > Checking for OSS Audio ... yes > > > > > > Checking for ALSA audio ... yes (using alsa 0.9.x) > > > > > > Preferably OSS Audio since Alsa audio is still very bad and = distorted > and > > > under developement in mplayer. > > > > > > If everything looks good, run make and make install as usual. > > > > > > Now we're almost done, just a few tricks more. First move the = files > > > MPlayer-20020303/etc/codecs.conf and = MPlayer-20020303/etc/input.conf > into > > > a directory called .mplayer (obs, the dot) which should reside in = your > > > homedir. > > > > > > The input.conf is a file where you can bind keys to features in = mplayer > > > such as fastforward, volume controls and similar. The standard = keys are > > > rightarrow equals fastforward 10 seconds, uparrow fastforward 1 = minute > and > > > pageup fastforward 10 minutes. Volume controls are 0 and 9 or, = numpad / > > > and *. (Which I think speakup has already bound for other stuff.) = P is > for > > > pause/play and Q is for quit. Check input.conf for more. > > > > > > Create a file called config in the .mplayer dir and write this in = it, > > > > > > vc=3Dnull > > > ao=3Doss > > > > > > alternativly > > > > > > ao=3Dalsa9 > > > > > > If you only have alsa sound. vc is short for VideoCodec, and since = we > > > dont want to use that we just use the null device. ao is the Audio > Output > > > driver. > > > > > > Now you are ready. > > > > > > To play standard mpg/avi/divx or whatever, just run mplayer > /path/to/file > > > and to play DVDs put disc into the player and run the command, > > > > > > mplayer -dvd 1 > > > > > > Thats all. Hope you all get it working. > > > > > > Bye, > > > > > > Johan > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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