when I strip everything out of the mplayer command except...

mplayer dvd:// -fs -zoom

it works. and plays fine.

However, the same stripping action ( -dvd-device %d -vo and -xv) don't seem to make the ripper work.... it acts like it's working and then dumps about 3/4ths the way through.... @#%*! It also says something to the effect of one of the commands being depreciated and being replaced by just "N' as in 'dvd://N'.. anyway, more food for thought....

Joelb

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So, the fix to restore dvd playback seemed to be to blow the frontend away completely and reinstall with 5A15.1. Now it at least plays things back (can't rip though, but I havn't had a chance to look into that yet). Neither pretty nor gracefull but there you go .

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