Hi
> > > 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 > Well. You that's right. You can directly play the VCD. But what I meant to say was that you can't read a DAT file like a regular file from a VCD. Try copying the file in linux using cp and you'll see what I mean. Playing back the VCD (or copying the DAT file even) requires that you access the CD in raw mode. So that's more like directly accessing the media, rather than playing back a *file*. I guess the problem he was facing was that he was trying to play back the DAT file as a *file* from a mounted VCD. Regards Shishir ------------------------------------------------------ Shishir Birmiwal Engineer, Ittiam Systems (P) Ltd. Ph: +91 80 56601147, 56601000, 22237905 Mo: +91 80 34034674 ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- 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
