Using DVD without root.

[Jeffrey Cobb]

Thanx much.  That explains a lot.

FAQ? What FAQ?  You know newbies never read those.  That's what people like
you are for!  ;-)

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: Gildas Bazin <gbazin at netcourrier.com>
To: <vlc at videolan.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: Using DVD without root.
>
> You need to check that you've got write access to your DVD device.
> (eg. chmod 666 /dev/hdc)
>
> Changing your fstab won't do any good because vlc must acess the device
> directly and not the mounted filesystem. The reason for this is to be able
to
> use IOCTLs on the DVD drive for decryption.
> ( btw, I think all this was explained in the FAQ :)
>
> --
> Gildas
>
>