Dvd-plugin

Description

Author: Andreas Schultz, Sven Goethel

A DVD Player plugin.

Status

Last Update 01/2009 (cvs)

Images

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  Settings

Usage

Red	go to position (direct input of pos)
Green	1 min. backward
Yellow	1 min. forward
Blue	Go to Title (Number)
Back	Stop replay - end plugin
Ok	Toggle progress bar
Up, kPlay	Play
Down, kPause	Pause
Left/Right	Fast backward/Fast forward (Fast during play mode, slow in pause mode)
kFastRew/kFastFwd
Audio (earlier versions: 1)	Next audio track - OSD Menue && audio key
2	next subtitle, '2' several times for choice, then 'Ok'
3	next
4	previous chapter
6	next chapter
7, kChanDn	previous title
9, kChanUp	next title
5	DvdNavigationForce ON / DVD main menu (if progress on)
8	DVD title menue
0	DVD audio menue (language selection)

Hardware Requirements

• DVD-ROM or DVD-Burner

Software Requirements

• a52dec
• libdvdcss (optional, see NOTE)
• libdvdnav
• libdvdread

Critical

The usage and distribution of the libdvdcss library is illegal in some countries (e.g. USA). The plugin can be build and used without this library, but then CSS protected DVDs cannot be played.

Configuration

Parameter

Parameter (short)	Parameter (long)	Description
-C <DEV>	--dvd=<DEV>	use <DEV> as DVD device (default: /dev/dvd)

The command line starting VDR (i.e. in runvdr) has to be extended (replace sdX by DVDs device node):

-P'dvd -C/dev/sdX'

Other

Problems

• Some buyed DVDs are not played, plugin segfaults && shows in logfiles "libdvdnav: ifoRead_VOBU_ADMAP vtsi failed".
• read here: German DVDs with new copy protection
• Solution:
  • use other versions of libdvdnav and libdvdread
    • libdvdnav_0.1.10-0.2-3.tar.gz
    • libdvdread_0.9.7-2-1.tar.gz

Tipps

• play DVDs from other computer (German)

Snapshot

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dvdplugin.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dvdplugin login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@dvdplugin.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dvdplugin co -P dvd

Current Version

0.3.6b NOTE: outdated, use cvs version!

Links

1. Plugins Homepage