<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>5.2. DVD playback</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="MPlayer - The Movie Player"><link rel="up" href="cd-dvd.html" title="Chapter 5. CD/DVD usage"><link rel="prev" href="drives.html" title="5.1. CD/DVD drives"><link rel="next" href="vcd.html" title="5.3. VCD playback"><link rel="preface" href="howtoread.html" title="How to read this documentation"><link rel="chapter" href="intro.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><link rel="chapter" href="install.html" title="Chapter 2. Installation"><link rel="chapter" href="usage.html" title="Chapter 3. Usage"><link rel="chapter" href="advaudio.html" title="Chapter 4. Advanced audio usage"><link rel="chapter" href="cd-dvd.html" title="Chapter 5. CD/DVD usage"><link rel="chapter" href="tv.html" title="Chapter 6. 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DVD playback</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="drives.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 5. CD/DVD usage</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="vcd.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" title="5.2. DVD playback"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="dvd"></a>5.2. DVD playback</h2></div></div></div><p> For the complete list of available options, please read the man page. The syntax to play a standard DVD is as follows: </p><pre class="screen"> mplayer dvd://<em class="replaceable"><code><track></code></em> [-dvd-device <em class="replaceable"><code><device></code></em>] </pre><p> </p><p> Example: </p><pre class="screen">mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/hdc</pre><p> </p><p> If you have compiled <span class="application">MPlayer</span> with dvdnav support, the syntax is the same, except that you need to use dvdnav:// instead of dvd://. </p><p> The default DVD device is <tt class="filename">/dev/dvd</tt>. If your setup differs, make a symlink or specify the correct device on the command line with the <tt class="option">-dvd-device</tt> option. </p><p> <span class="application">MPlayer</span> uses <code class="systemitem">libdvdread</code> and <code class="systemitem">libdvdcss</code> for DVD playback and decryption. These two libraries are contained in the <span class="application">MPlayer</span> source tree, you do not have to install them separately. You can also use system-wide versions of the two libraries, but this solution is not recommended, as it can result in bugs, library incompatibilities and slower speed. </p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> In case of DVD decoding problems, try disabling supermount, or any other such facilities. Some RPC-2 drives may also require setting the region code. </p></div><p title="DVD decryption"><b>DVD decryption. </b> DVD decryption is done by <code class="systemitem">libdvdcss</code>. The method can be specified through the <code class="envar">DVDCSS_METHOD</code> environment variable, see the manual page for details. </p><div class="sect2" title="5.2.1. region code"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="region_code"></a>5.2.1. region code</h3></div></div></div><p> DVD drives nowadays come with a nonsensical restriction labeled <a class="ulink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code" target="_top">region code</a>. This is a scheme to force DVD drives to only accept DVDs produced for one of the six different regions into which the world was partitioned. How a group of people can sit around a table, come up with such an idea and expect the world of the 21st century to bow to their will is beyond anyone's guess. </p><p> Drives that enforce region settings through software only are also known as RPC-1 drives, those that do it in hardware as RPC-2. RPC-2 drives allow changing the region code five times before it remains fixed. Under Linux you can use the <a class="ulink" href="http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/" target="_top">regionset</a> tool to set the region code of your DVD drive. </p><p> Thankfully, it is possible to convert RPC-2 drives into RPC-1 drives through a firmware upgrade. Feed the model number of your DVD drive into your favorite search engine or have a look at the forum and download sections of <a class="ulink" href="http://www.rpc1.org/" target="_top">"The firmware page"</a>. While the usual caveats for firmware upgrades apply, experience with getting rid of region code enforcement is generally positive. </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="drives.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="cd-dvd.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="vcd.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">5.1. 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