/dev/raw support?

Stéphane Borel stef at via.ecp.fr
Sat May 19 02:44:00 CEST 2001


On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 04:04:52PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote:
> Does vlc use raw devices when reading DVDs?  I can't seem to see
> anything either way....  (Question inspired by recent post to lkml.)

I don't really know what a raw device is, but vlc uses the block device
designing your DVD (often /dev/dvd beign a ling to /dev/hdc).

-- 
Stef




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