[vlc] How to view DVDs (from an actual optical drive) on Android

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On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca>wrote:

> So, here I am, with my Android "smart TV", to which I have connected
> a DVD reader.  The device is recognized by the kernel and appears as
> /dev/block/sr0, but when I can't seem to figure out how to tell VLC to
> use the thing.
>
> IOW when I start VLC it just tells me "no media files found" (and
> indeed, I don't have any videos or music on that machine other than the
> one in the DVD drive).
>
> I don't see any place where I can "open disk" (as there is on the
> GNU/Linux version that I'm used to use), the closest is the button
> that lets me "open network stream", and I tried to tell it to open
> "dvd:/dev/block/sr0" or "file:///dev/block/sr0" but that just added
> a "sr0" at the bottom of the screen saying "unknown artist", but if
> I click on the "play" button, it still doesn't play the disk (it
> basically doesn't do anything).
>
> Any help?
>
>
>         Stefan
>
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