-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 15 October 2004 03:21 pm, Shishir Birmiwal wrote: > Hi > > > Is there any way of playing a vcd *.dat file in linux? I tried > > playing it using mplayer but could not do so. > > Well you can't play a "DAT file" directly from the VCD, as it is not a > regular file. Mplayer has a command-line option to playback VCDs. Read the > mplayer documentation to know what that option is (use "man mplayer"). > Also, you *might* have to specify the CD-ROM device manually; for which > there is another option in the mplayer docs.
Who says ? I play .dat files directly from VCD's using mplayer. It works. For mplayer: To play VCD: mplayer vcd://1 To specify cdrom device (say it's hdc) mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/hdc vcd://1 rrs - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research". -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBb6YG4Rhi6gTxMLwRAirdAJ94rAYaiWc25O6j+e24nhK0i+GAMwCfWRIL YgZdHeyvl1Zeu0alLLVJuvU= =Wttm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
