Playing DVD VOB Files with MPlayer
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This section provides a tutorial on how to play a DVD VOB file with MPlayer.
As the first test, let's try to use MPlayer to play a DVD VOB file:
C:\temp>\local\mplayer\mplayer dolby-bestsound.vob MPlayer 1.0rc1-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 6) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap font description, ignoring. Cannot load bitmap font: c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf Playing dolby-bestsound.vob. MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 704x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 7502.0 kbps ===================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 704 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. Try adding the scale filter, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-... Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) ===================================================================== ===================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52 No accelerated IMDCT transform found Using MMX optimized resampler AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 448.0 kbit/31.75% (ratio: 56000->176400 Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52) ===================================================================== AO: [dsound] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 704x576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [directx] 704x576 => 768x576 Planar YV12
MPlayer prints detailed information about the VOB file, and plays the content nicely.
Sections in This Chapter
Downloading and Installing MPlayer
Playing VCD DAT Files with MPlayer
Playing MPEG Video Files with MPlayer
Playing MP3 Music Files with MPlayer
Playing WAV Music Files with MPlayer
Playing WMA Music Files with MPlayer
