On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 03:57:18PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: >-----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.
What he was saying is you cannot mount and than try to play dat file from the cd the way you play mpeg or any other video file... >For mplayer: >To play VCD: mplayer vcd://1 >To specify cdrom device (say it's hdc) >mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/hdc vcd://1 Correct.... -- Shriram (Rajesh) Fowkar Programmer "IT" V. S. Dempo & Co. Pvt. Ltd., Dempo House, Campal, Panaji - Goa. Email : Shriram Fowkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.dempos.com Phone : (0832)2226281 Ext.:387 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
