Re: Can't play DVDs directly from HD from commandline

Sat Jul 31 2004, Pieter Hulshoff wrote:

> with it. :) The only problem I have is playing DVDs from the HD directly from 
> the commandline (if I load the video_ts directory in the gui, it works fine). 
> ogle -u cli /home/phulshof/multimedia/dvd/Lord\ of\ the\ Rings\ 2\ -\ The\ 
> Two\ Towers/VIDEO_TS/

> and the same things without the VIDEO_TS, but I keep getting the message:
> Usage: ogle_ctrl [-h] [-u cli|gui] [<path>]
> 
> ogle_ctrl however does not exist on my system, so it cannot be started.

It is in .../lib/ogle/ , but is started from the ogle script

> 
> Any idea on what is causing this, and how I can fix it?
> 

Yes. There is a bug in the ogle script that prevents use of pathnames
with spaces in. 
This is fixed in CVS, so either wait for the next release which
is 1-2 weeks away or you should be able to work around the problem
by:

'cd /home/phulshof/multimedia/dvd/Lord\ of\ the\ Rings\ 2\ -\ The\ Two\ Towers/VIDEO_TS/'
'ogle -u cli .'

/Bj|rn