[vdr] Re: mplayer.sh feature request: VCD&DVD-playback

[Matthias Raus <matthias-raus_vdr@web.de>]

Hi Juri,

Juri Haberland wrote:

>Matthias Raus wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>in VDRPORTAL it is has now been discussed a few times whether it would 
>>be possible to extend the mplayer.sh (which btw. works fine!) script so 
>>that (S)VCD and DVD playback would be possible. See 
>>http://www.vdrportal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=1199&sid=25691293d4234980b94772c284542fa5&hilight=mplayer%20ntsc&hilightuser=0 
>>and 
>>http://www.vdrportal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=1316&sid=25691293d4234980b94772c284542fa5&hilight=mplayer%20ntsc&hilightuser=0
>>
>>Many users report that for instance the quality of MPlayer's DVD 
>>playback is better than of the DVD-plugin. Furthermore, this would allow 
>>us to play NTSC discs which is not possible with the VCD or DVD-plugin. 
>> From the command line, this already works, so we "only" had to 
>>integrate this into the script... Juri?
>>    
>>
>
>Hi Matthias,
>
>sorry for the late response, but I cought a bad cold :(
>
>Yes, I will look at it and, as a matter of fact, I already received a
>patch a couple of weeks ago that implements DVD playback.
>
Cool, I'm looking forward to this...

>
>Concerning NTSC playback as PAL:
>The problem is the sound. It will either have the right pitch but will
>be jerkey and get out of sync or it'll be too low (-speed option).
>According to the Mplayer developer A'rpi it's the way it is, at the moment.
>
Hm, I understand, that's ashame, for picture is working fine, but there 
will certainly be a sloution for that in future releases, too...

>
>Cheers,
>Juri
>  
>
Get well soon :-)

Matthias



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