margiplayer: DVD player and Margi Card

Margiplayer is a simple linux application that controls the playback of a DVD on a TV (no on screen display) through the Margi Decoder Card.

Here is what you need to install and get working before using margiplayer:

• linux PCMCIA Card Services from pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net
• linux Margi drivers from linuxtv.org (CVS)
• libdvdread from linuxvideo.org (CVS use libdvdread as module_name)
• margiplayer-0.x: simple DVD player that I've written to control the playback. Note that margiplayer won't work unless all the above are installed and working properly.

INSTALL

After installing pcmcia-cs and the latest Margi Linux driver, the Margi card should be recognized when inserted:
/var/log/message:
Sep 2 14:35:03 home cardmgr[341]: socket 0: MARGI-Billionton
Sep 2 14:35:03 home cardmgr[341]: product info: "Dell", "DVD Player", "DVD to Go", "REV 0"
Sep 2 14:35:03 home cardmgr[341]: manfid: 0x01d8, 0x1000 function: 5 (video)
Sep 2 14:35:03 home cardmgr[341]: executing: 'modprobe margi_cs'
Sep 2 14:35:06 home cardmgr[341]: executing: './margi start margi'

Install the latest version of libdvdread.

Install margiplayer:

• tar zxvf margiplayer-0.x.tar.gz
• cd margiplayer
• make

Insert a DVD, mount it to /mnt/cdrom and run margiplayer.. good luck..

My configuration:

• Dell Inspiron 3500, PII 300
• kernel 2.4.4
• pcmcia-cs-3.1.27
• latest linux Margi Driver from CVS
• latest libdvdread from CVS

Contact

fred at pont dot net

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