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diff --git a/DOCS/cd-dvd.html b/DOCS/cd-dvd.html index d6a6f741e4..5422fed88c 100644 --- a/DOCS/cd-dvd.html +++ b/DOCS/cd-dvd.html @@ -5,6 +5,27 @@ <P><B><A NAME=4.1>4.1. CD-ROM drives</A></B></P> +<P>Playing standard Video CDs:</P> + +<P> +mplayer -vcd <I>trackno</I> [device]<BR><BR> +Examples:<BR> +mplayer -vcd 1<BR> +mplayer -fs -vcd 2 /dev/hdc<BR> +</P> + +<P> +Notes:<BR> +- Do NOT mount VCD disks and play DAT files directly! It may work under windows +but won't work under linux. You have to play them directly, with the -vcd +option!<BR> +- VCD disks usually have 2 tracks: a data track (containing autostart windows +playback program, karaoke data etc) and a mode-2 track (the movie), so try +-vcd 2 first!<BR> +- the default VCD device is /dev/cdrom. if your device differs, then you have +to make a symlink, or specify it in command line! +</P> + <P>From Linux documentation:</P> <P>Some CDROM drives are capable of changing their head-speed. There are several |