<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body dir="ltr" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi David: I just wanted to say thank you. VLC works great!!! Thanks again! Mark David Fox wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:359a3c580811031946l603dc467t17b9016ec79ae4a5@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Mark <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:markfpyles@gmail.com"><markfpyles@gmail.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi everyone: Sorry to be such a pain, but I am trying to use mplayer or any player for that matter that will allow me to play my dvd's. I am searching for a player that will allow me to have more control over the functions of the player and </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I recommend vlc (sudo apt-get install vlc). Can you access the dvd? e.g., mplayer dvd://1? Sometimes using mplayer can be a bit tricky, it's really not designed to be a dvd player per se, but just a media/file player. So, it won't offer you with fancy menus, while the other ones will, such as vlc, or maybe gxine. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>