Re: [xine-user] Feature Request

[Jim L. <jp...@ve...>]

thanks

On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Siggi Langauf wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Jim Lill wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps there's a easy way to do it....
> >
> > Is there a way to easily watch a ripped DVD? I know I can make an img and
> > loop mount it but then I have to go into set-up and change /dev/dvd to
> > /mnt/loop or something like that.
> 
> just run xine (0.9.16 or newer) like this:
> 
> xine dvd:/path/to/image/
> 
> Note the trailing "/". There should be a directory named "VIDEO_TS" in
> /path/to/image/.
> example:
> There is
> /var/dvd/SOMETITLE/VIDEO_TS
> 
> => use "xine dvd:/var/dvd/SOMETITLE/"
> 
> > It'd be nice if there was a UI button for reading stuff off the HD.
> > Something HD and then in setup you could define that location. Ideally,
> > xine would be smart enough to see what is there and deal with it whether
> > it be an image or a file structure.
> 
> A gui button would be possible but a little bit tricky to introduce. On
> the other hand, ripped DVD images are not really something that my
> grandmother would want to use, so it doesn't really need point&click
> interface...
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Siggi
> 
>