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Hi everybody,

I am unable to play video DVDs with salix... with any program.. does anybody else has this?

I tried to change the device in VLC and Xine, e.g. from /dev/dvd to /dev/sr0 or /dev/dvdwriter, /dev/dvdwriter0 with no success, even if in every case the drive starts spinning when i click play.

Strange thing is that i have two computers both of them with salix installed, and both of them have the same problem.
I have downloaded the multimedia codecs with salix codecs installer, and i have double checked that i have libdvdcss libdvdnav and libdvdread installed.

I tried with different DVDs (I remember i was able to play them with Slackware 13, and I can play them on Windows).

VLC: i get the following error:
"Your input can't be opened:VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details."
so i checked the log and it says: "main error: open of `dvd:///dev/dvd' failed: (null)"
from the terminal i see the following output:

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VLC media player 1.1.4 The Luggage (revision exported)
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
Warning: call to signal(13, 0x1)
[0x62be80] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")
Blocked: call to sigaction(17, 0x7f12343d1b30, 0x7f12343d1a90)
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav: DVD Title: 
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): 
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/alien/.dvdnav/.map'
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[0xa17710] main input error: open of `dvd:///dev/dvd' failed: (null)

XINE (also as root): "the source can't be read. maybe you don't have enough rights for this or source doesn't contain data (e.g. no disc in the drive. (/dev/dvd)"
and:
"-xine engine error- there is no input plugin available to handle 'dvd:/'. Maybe MRL sintax is wrong or file/stream source doesn't exist."
from the terminal i see the following errors:

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This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.5.
(c) 2000-2007 The xine Team.
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.

THOGGEN (also as root): it detects correctly my DVD drive, and it says: "failed to retrieve DVD title details for some reason. maybe you don't have libdvdcss2 installed?"
in the terminal i read:

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registering static thoggen plugins
 :: GStreamer core version: 0.10.29.0
 :: System: Linux darkstar 2.6.33.4 #3 SMP Tue Sep 21 17:42:09 CDT 2010 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux 
 :: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
 :: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
 :: active drive now: 0xc2d840
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
 :: DVD DISC INSERTED: NEW
 :: Current Region Code settings:
 ::   RPC Scheme                           : RPC-II
 ::   Type                                 : REGION CODE SET
 ::   Vendor resets left                   : 4
 ::   User controlled changes left         : 4
 ::   Region_mask=0xFD
 ::   Drive will play discs from region(s) : 
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_0.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_0.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_0.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_0.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VTS_09_0.IFO failed
 :: DVDDiscID (/dev/sr0) failed.

** (thoggen:2489): WARNING **: DVDDiscID (/dev/sr0) failed.

 :: pipe hangup. 0 bytes in total
 :: PID 2489 exited with status 0.

MPLAYER gives an error too.

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Salix 13.1.2 LXDE Acer Aspire 5610z with internal DVD/RW drive & PC Desktop Athlon II with external DVD/RW drive.
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that is strange I just installed sallix codecs and vlc
Added myself to most of the groups like audio, cdrom, video, disc, wheel,etc,etc.and all plays well

/dev/dvd0 and /dev/dvd1 are my drives if that helps

Hello,
I am no tech so maybe I will not give the right advice. I googled for some of your error in VLC output and found following link which could provide some clues:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=792554
maybe this can help.
Btw, I am using Salix 13.0 with VLC, codecs and libdvd nav/read/css installed. DVD can be played with no issues.

Regards,

Is it with any DVD, or with a specific one?

Thank you mandog, laplume and gapan for your input,

gapan put me in the right direction,
In fact I borrowed some commercial DVD movies and they all play fine...
the problem is only with a serie of instructional DVD videos that I have... they are home-made so i guess there might be something diffirent in them. But i can play them fine with WinDVD in Windows...
I checked and they look like a standard dvd structure with AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders in it.
(but now that i think about it i'm not sure that i was playing them with Slackware13 last year...)

Also note that nowadays there are a lot of copy protected commercial DVDs that won't play, too (I'm not talking about CSS).

I'm trying to use Parole to play DVD's... it plays the video but there's no sound output. Audio CD's plays fine, however.

ps: I'm on 13.2alpha1.

lmello wrote:I'm trying to use Parole to play DVD's... it plays the video but there's no sound output. Audio CD's plays fine, however.

ps: I'm on 13.2alpha1.

Do you have sound playing mp3s? And have you installed all codecs?

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