[vlc] VLC behaving strangely when playing DVD

[Nico Sabbi]

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 11:22:47 Morgan Tørvolt wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have been using VLC for watching DVDs for a while, and I just
> recently realized a strange issue that I did not believe possible.
> Maybe I should ask this in a different mailinglist, if so, please
> advice.
>
> When playing the dvd "the pursuit of happyness" like I usually do,
> using dvdsimple:///dev/scd0@1, the movie stutters and comes to a
> halt after 20 seconds, the dvd drive making lots of noise. Now,
> doing the same thing using dvd:///dev/scd0@1, the movie runs
> smoothly, and does not halt after 20 seconds.
>
> I seem to remember that a while back, the dvd:// version did not
> allow for showing a title directly, and that the dvdsimple:// was
> the solution. Is this title support in dvd:// something new? Should
> I stop using dvdsimple? Why do they seem to run so differently,
> even decoding is different ( the stuttering at least )?
>
> Regards
>
> Morgan

if dvdsimple:// calls libdvdread it's perfectly natural that 
certain dvds can be played only by dvd:// (that uses libdvdnav)