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- What is this all about?
- -----------------------
-
- libdvdnav is a library that allows easy use of sophisticated DVD navigation
- features such as DVD menus, multiangle playback and even interactive DVD games.
- All this functionality is provided through a simple API which provides the
- DVD playback as a single logical stream of blocks, intermitted by special
- dvdnav events to report certain conditions. The main usage of libdvdnav is a
- loop regularly calling a function to get the next block, surrounded by
- additional calls to tell the library of user interaction.
- The whole DVD virtual machine and internal playback states are completely
- encapsulated.
-
- Where does it come from?
- ------------------------
-
- This library is based on a lot of code and expertise from the Ogle project.
- Ogle was the first DVD player who implemented free DVD navigation. The
- libdvdnav developers wish to express their gratitude to the Ogle people
- for all the valuable research work they have done.
-
- Initially, the dvdnav code was part of a plugin to the xine media player
- called xine-dvdnav. Later on, the DVD VM specific code was split
- from xine-dvdnav and went into the first version of libdvdnav.
-
- Where is it now?
- ----------------
-
- libdvdnav is hosted on http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/dvdnav/ .
- Please report bugs to the developers mailinglist at
- mailto:dvdnav-discuss@mplayerhq.hu .
-
- We are still in beta stage, but libdvdnav is already quite usable. With
- regular DVD playback, there should not be any serious issues. The library
- also makes some limited effort to handle error situations gracefully, but
- there are still assertions in the code that may trigger on some DVDs. Please
- send a report to the developer mailinglist, if you encounter such problems.
-
- How can I use it?
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-
- libdvdnav is completely licensed under GPL. You may use it at wish within the
- bounds of this license. See the file "COPYING" for a copy of the GPL.
-
- Sources for documentation on libdvdnav are:
- * the examples directory contains a simple program using libdvdnav
- this one is well-commented and therefore a good starting point
- * the public header dvdnav.h documents the API
- * the public header dvdnav_events.h documents the dvdnav events
- * doc/library_layout contains some info on the internal working of libdvdnav
-
- Sources for documentation on DVD terminology, structure and surrounding concepts:
- * doc/dvd_structures briefly explains DVD terms and organization
- * a more detailed description of DVD structures is available at
- http://www.mpucoder.com/dvd/
- * the ifo_types.h and nav_types.h headers are also interesting if you
- are already used to the sometimes cryptical abbreviations
-