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[resindvd] Allow to specify chapter/title in the DVD URI

Submitted by Olivier Aubert

Link to original bug (#668083)

Description

resindvd uses the following URI syntax: dvd://[/path/to/dev]
It is often useful to be able to specify the desired chapter/title of the DVD. VLC uses the following syntax:

dvd://[<device>][@<raw device>][@[<title>][:[<chapter>][:<angle>]]]

which could be implemented (at least partly, for title and chapter) in the resindvd player. For the record, mplayer uses

dvd://[<title>] with an additional -chapter option

and xine uses a number of syntaxes:
dvd:/[device_name][/title[.part]]
dvd:/DVD_image_file[/title[.part]]
dvd:/DVD_directory[/title[.part]]
(use the path of the directory which contains VIDEO_TS)
which seem invalid URI-wise (it would give dvd://dev/dvd/1.2, while it should be either dvd:///dev/dvd or dvd:/dev/dvd) and fragile (if someone has the strange idea to name its DVD device with a number, it cannot be distinguished from the title part without probing the device first).

The VLC syntax looks like the sanest option.