srv-dvdplayer

Software DVD-video player

Syntax:

srv-dvdplayer [-c,][-D]

Runs on:

x86

Options:

-c
Set the path to the CSS decryption binary file files.dat; default is the same directory as srv-dvdplayer.
-D
get debug information. Increase the number of Ds to increase verbosity.

Description:

The software DVD-video player, srv-dvdplayer, plays unencrypted and encrypted videos.

To play encrypted DVDs:

  1. Obtain commercial CSS decryption keys from the DVD Copy Control Association.
  2. Create a keys.txt file. For more information, see Input file on the dvdkeymgr page in this reference.
  3. Use the dvdkeymgr utility to generate a DVD CSS decryption binary file: files.dat.
  4. Start srv-dvdplayer, using the -c option to set the path to the files.dat file.

Examples:

To play unencrypted DVDs only:

# srv-dvdplayer &

To play encrypted and unencrypted DVDs, assuming that the files.dat file is at /etc/system/config/:

# srv-dvdplayer -c /etc/system/config/files.dat &

To get debug information:

# srv-dvdplayer -DDD &

or:

# srv-dvdplayer -c /etc/system/config/files.dat -DDD &

See also:

dvddrivectl, dvdkeymgr, DVD-video player in the MME Developer's Guide chapter Playing and Managing Video and DVDs