Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
On 27 August 2006 21:22, Grant wrote: It's a Dell laptop that's a couple years old. I don't like gmplayer either. Is there any other way to use mplayer separate from the command line to play DVDs? No idea about the GNOME world but there is kmplayer for KDE. For DVDs, I use kmplayer, mplayer or kaffeine - whatever works best. Except for DVDs home brewed on Windows systems that actually to not meet the specs of a video DVD, I have no problems playing them. And even most of those non-standard DVDs play. Uwe -- Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. http://www.SysEx.com.na -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
2006/8/27, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I can't get mplayer to play DVDs on my laptop. Did you set the dvd USE when you emerged mplayer?like this:USE=dvd emerge mplayer-- I like Python Linux. Blog: http://recordus.cublog.cn
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:04:12 -0700, Grant wrote: gxine plays 2 out of 4 of the DVDs every time. mplayer doesn't output anything when started from a terminal except the following which pops up right away, before a DVD is put in: How do you run mplayer from a terminal with no DVD in thr drive, or are you running gmplayer. Try mplayer -dvd-device /dev/dvd dvd://1 with a DVD in the drive -- Neil Bothwick Indecision is the key to flexibility. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
Does your kernel have the real time clock feature turned on? There are several ...RTC... settings in my kernel. Do you know where those features are in the menuconfig? I can get so lost in there. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
On 8/27/06, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does your kernel have the real time clock feature turned on? There are several ...RTC... settings in my kernel. Do you know where those features are in the menuconfig? I can get so lost in there. Sorry, my gentoo system is in reconstruction, and don't have a kernel source available to run make menuconfig. Just wade through the choices and look for 'real time clock' support. -- Collins Richey If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
Grant wrote: Do you know where those features are in the menuconfig? I can get so lost in there. - Grant Device Drivers Character devices * Enhanced Real Time Clock Support -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
On 8/27/06, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gxine plays 2 out of 4 of the DVDs every time. mplayer doesn't output anything when started from a terminal except the following which pops up right away, before a DVD is put in: How do you run mplayer from a terminal with no DVD in thr drive, or are you running gmplayer. Try mplayer -dvd-device /dev/dvd dvd://1 with a DVD in the drive I was in fact using gmplayer. Your command above is able to play 2 out of 4 of the DVDs just like gxine, and it fails much more gracefully than gxine on the other 2. I thought gmplayer was just a UI for mplayer. Why would mplayer play what gmplayer can't? Is there a better UI for mplayer than gmplayer? Never liked gmplayer, it tends to crash on my system, while mplayer itself has no problems at all. But to your question, I would sincerely check my DVD drive, I also had problems exactly like yours, the problem was a dying DVD drive that could not read some discs, and even those discs seem to be readable once in a while... Let me ask you, is this a notebook or laptop? -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
Do you know where those features are in the menuconfig? I can get so lost in there. - Grant Device Drivers Character devices * Enhanced Real Time Clock Support Thanks, I just set up my laptop, desktop, and server with it. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
gxine plays 2 out of 4 of the DVDs every time. mplayer doesn't output anything when started from a terminal except the following which pops up right away, before a DVD is put in: How do you run mplayer from a terminal with no DVD in thr drive, or are you running gmplayer. Try mplayer -dvd-device /dev/dvd dvd://1 with a DVD in the drive I was in fact using gmplayer. Your command above is able to play 2 out of 4 of the DVDs just like gxine, and it fails much more gracefully than gxine on the other 2. I thought gmplayer was just a UI for mplayer. Why would mplayer play what gmplayer can't? Is there a better UI for mplayer than gmplayer? Never liked gmplayer, it tends to crash on my system, while mplayer itself has no problems at all. But to your question, I would sincerely check my DVD drive, I also had problems exactly like yours, the problem was a dying DVD drive that could not read some discs, and even those discs seem to be readable once in a while... Let me ask you, is this a notebook or laptop? It's a Dell laptop that's a couple years old. I don't like gmplayer either. Is there any other way to use mplayer separate from the command line to play DVDs? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:22:11 -0700, Grant wrote: It's a Dell laptop that's a couple years old. I don't like gmplayer either. Is there any other way to use mplayer separate from the command line to play DVDs? See the listing of front ends at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design3/projects.html -- Neil Bothwick We secretly replaced the dilithium with Folgers Crystals signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
On 8/27/06, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a Dell laptop that's a couple years old. I don't like gmplayer either. Is there any other way to use mplayer separate from the command line to play DVDs? See the listing of front ends at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design3/projects.html I delved into that once and I just remember getting nowhere. Does anyone use one they like? Preferrably one with an ebuild and not dependent on K stuff. You could write yourself a little frontend with zenity (or similar) to feed the right parameters to mplayer. -- Collins Richey If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:35:41 -0600 Collins Richey wrote: On 8/27/06, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a Dell laptop that's a couple years old. I don't like gmplayer either. Is there any other way to use mplayer separate from the command line to play DVDs? See the listing of front ends at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design3/projects.html I delved into that once and I just remember getting nowhere. Does anyone use one they like? Preferrably one with an ebuild and not dependent on K stuff. I like kmplayer, but in reality I prefer no gui for mplayer. give me a command line. sorry kmplayer does probably need some k stuff You could write yourself a little frontend with zenity (or similar) to feed the right parameters to mplayer. -- Collins Richey If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
I can't get mplayer to play DVDs on my laptop. I have 4 DVDs here and it played one of them once, but that's it. Sometimes a message will pop up saying failed to play DVD but sometimes not. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot mplayer for something like this? I'm emerging gxine now. I know that worked at one time. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
quoth the Grant: I can't get mplayer to play DVDs on my laptop. I have 4 DVDs here and it played one of them once, but that's it. Sometimes a message will pop up saying failed to play DVD but sometimes not. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot mplayer for something like this? I'm emerging gxine now. I know that worked at one time. Start mplayer from an xterm, and it will print more useful debug info (hopefully). - Grant -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org ...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected... - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 pgpw9KBlPaFRC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
I can't get mplayer to play DVDs on my laptop. I have 4 DVDs here and it played one of them once, but that's it. Sometimes a message will pop up saying failed to play DVD but sometimes not. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot mplayer for something like this? I'm emerging gxine now. I know that worked at one time. Start mplayer from an xterm, and it will print more useful debug info (hopefully). gxine plays 2 out of 4 of the DVDs every time. mplayer doesn't output anything when started from a terminal except the following which pops up right away, before a DVD is put in: Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such file or directory (it should be readable by the user.) - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mplayer can't play DVDs
On 8/26/06, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't get mplayer to play DVDs on my laptop. I have 4 DVDs here and it played one of them once, but that's it. Sometimes a message will pop up saying failed to play DVD but sometimes not. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot mplayer for something like this? I'm emerging gxine now. I know that worked at one time. Start mplayer from an xterm, and it will print more useful debug info (hopefully). gxine plays 2 out of 4 of the DVDs every time. mplayer doesn't output anything when started from a terminal except the following which pops up right away, before a DVD is put in: Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such file or directory (it should be readable by the user.) Does your kernel have the real time clock feature turned on? There are several ...RTC... settings in my kernel. -- Collins Richey If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
