Playing DVDs in linux console. (mplayer installation)

[Alex Snow]

Any idea when a workable solution to X is comming?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at yahoo.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Playing DVDs in linux console. (mplayer installation)


Hi Johan. Sorry to post more than one message on the same subject. But just
to clarify, I figured that I could have the X libs and stuff installed with
the video codec, then start the movie playing from the console and mplayer
could just access the video codec? So in other words, to start the movie
playing with audio and video without sighted assistance? Because then I
would have to try to help them through X, and naturally I have no clue what
the layout of the screen is! Smile.
----- Original Message -----
From: Johan Bergström <johbe at linux.se>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: Playing DVDs in linux console. (mplayer installation)


> Read the first email in this thread, I just explained how to watch (well
> actually only play the sound of) DVD's in the console. What Igor asked
> about was if he could use mplayer to run DVDs visually in the console.
> Thats not possible. You need X for that.
>
> Johan
>
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Alex Snow wrote:
>
> > 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)
>
>
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