[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am new to this list and I want to use freevo mainly as a DVD player.
>
> I am faced with the following problem:
> Movies (avi-files) stored on data-DVDs or data-CDs are not recognized by
> freevo!
>
> I was unable to figure out any configuration stuff to make this feature work
> and
> at this time I think that freevo is impossible to handle data CDs/DVDs with
> movies.
> This is very poor because I want to use freevo only for gaming and watching
> DVDs/CDs.
>
> But I hope that it's only a problem with the kaa library. I have installed
> freevo from
> source using version 1.7.4 and kaa-base-0.1.3, kaa-imlib2-0.2.1, and
> kaa-metadata-0.6.1.
>
> Using the "VIDEO" item in freevo's main menue with a data disc inserted
> results in the
> following console error messages:
> ---8<---
> util:match_files(): Got error on dir = ""
> Exception in thread Thread-2:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/threading.py", line 460, in __bootstrap
> self.run()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/plugins/rom_drives.py", line
> 833, in run
> self.check_all()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/plugins/rom_drives.py", line
> 792, in check_all
> self.identify(media)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/plugins/rom_drives.py", line
> 646, in identify
> media.item = DirItem(media.mountdir, None, create_metainfo=False)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/directory.py", line 192, in
> __init__
> p.dirinfo(self)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/audio/__init__.py", line 107,
> in dirinfo
> diritem.store_info('coversearch_timestamp', timestamp)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/item.py", line 339, in
> store_info
> (key, value, self.filename), DINFO)
> AttributeError: DirItem instance has no attribute 'filename'
> ---8<---
>
> It seems that the MIME type is not recognized because a 'mminfo -d2 /dev/dvd'
> yields (the example is a CD with the 'Master and Commader' movie):
> kaa media metadata info
> setting to log level 2
> DEBUG factory(292): Trying audio/cd
> DEBUG factory(292): Trying video/dvd
> DEBUG factory(292): Trying video/vcd
> DEBUG factory(292): Trying cd/unknown
>
> /dev/dvd
> | type: CD
> | subtype: data
> | media: MEDIA_DISC
> | mime: unknown/unknown
> | id: 2004071114392700MASTER_AND_COMMA
> | label: MASTER_AND_COMMA
>
> If I mount the disc by hand the contents is listed and the movie can be played
> directly using xine or mplayer.
>
> I can not believe freevo does not recognize movies on data discs. Does anyone
> has
> made similar experiences???
> I know that a solution would maybe be the creation of a fxd-file. However,
> creating
> such a file for each new data disc would be very inconvenient for me and
> impossible
> for other family member such as my wife!
>
> Does anyone have some suggestions how I can fix this problem?
>
> Regards
> Axel
>
Hi Axel,
Any luck finding a fix for this? If not I'd suggest raising a bug report
on the tracker [1] if it's for freevo-1.x or posting to the devel list
if it's for freevo-2.x
John
[1] http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=446895&group_id=46652
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