dvd navigation issues

[paulhuber]

using: VLC media player 0.8.1 Janus, Debian

on one machine I start streaming a dvd like this:
vlc --intf rc dvd:///dev/dvd --sout '#standard{access=udp,mux=ts,url=192.168.80.4,sap,name="testStream"}'

and another I play the stream like this:
vlc --intf rc udp:

The problem is that when the dvd menu appears on the client, I am 'stuck'. I can click the 'play movie', but nothing happens, and I cannot start the movie.

How should this be handled in VLC? Also, is there a source for getting more info about how the dvd's work and how to navigate them? On the server, with the rc interface, I learned title 0 is the menu, and title 1 is the movie. And for each title "info" shows several streams. But, I can't find a way to determine how many titles a dvd has so I know which to select. And, the chapter_n and chapter_p does not work during the movie.

Also, I cannot find a command in the rc interface to get the current position. i.e. what title, chapter, stream, and timecode.

Thanks for any comments.

[dionoea]

try using dvdsimple: instead of dvd: . That will skip menus on 99% of DVDs