monotux
November 24th, 2005, 06:39 PM
This isn't very hard once one has it figured out, but they way there might be a bit tricky... :)
Since I haven't any DVD-burner nor any DVD-player (for my TV), I'm have to watch my movies on my computer, and getting it working in Linux hasn't been very easy, in my experience, but nothing is impossible. :)
Before I continue - if you've had problems playing real dvds with mplayer, you can use this method as well.
If your DVD is either a .img or .iso, you don't have to convert it to anything, you can simply mount it, but othervise:
For bin/cue, you need bchunk (I believe it's in universe)
For nrg, you need nrg2iso, also in universe
Using these tools isn't difficult, but as long as you end up with a iso you'll be fine :P
Mounting a iso in Linux is quite simple:
mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/file.iso /mnt
But if you run some custom kernel without support for loopback, this wont work :)
A quick'n'dirty way to test this, without subtitles nor menus, follows:
mplayer -dvd-device /mnt dvd://
In theory, you can choose what subtitle you want in the film with "-slang", but I couldn't make it work with the DVD I tested it on :(
Now - I like GUIs for everything, and making this work with gmplayer isn't very hard either -
Start mplayer
Open the preferences
Go to the Misc-tab
Change the DVD device to /mnt
Now, right click in the player window, and DVD -> Open Disc.
This is also where you easily can choose what subtitle you want.
Have fun - and remember, the manpage contains enough candy for all of you! :)
Since I haven't any DVD-burner nor any DVD-player (for my TV), I'm have to watch my movies on my computer, and getting it working in Linux hasn't been very easy, in my experience, but nothing is impossible. :)
Before I continue - if you've had problems playing real dvds with mplayer, you can use this method as well.
If your DVD is either a .img or .iso, you don't have to convert it to anything, you can simply mount it, but othervise:
For bin/cue, you need bchunk (I believe it's in universe)
For nrg, you need nrg2iso, also in universe
Using these tools isn't difficult, but as long as you end up with a iso you'll be fine :P
Mounting a iso in Linux is quite simple:
mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/file.iso /mnt
But if you run some custom kernel without support for loopback, this wont work :)
A quick'n'dirty way to test this, without subtitles nor menus, follows:
mplayer -dvd-device /mnt dvd://
In theory, you can choose what subtitle you want in the film with "-slang", but I couldn't make it work with the DVD I tested it on :(
Now - I like GUIs for everything, and making this work with gmplayer isn't very hard either -
Start mplayer
Open the preferences
Go to the Misc-tab
Change the DVD device to /mnt
Now, right click in the player window, and DVD -> Open Disc.
This is also where you easily can choose what subtitle you want.
Have fun - and remember, the manpage contains enough candy for all of you! :)