Peter Valdemar Morch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Scot L. Harris webid-at-cfl.rr.com |Lists| wrote:
> > I would settle for getting it to work on my older movies. :)
> >
> > One of the last major issues I have with my setup.
> >
> > Unable to play a DVD or import one.
>
> I most often do a binary copy of the DVDs rather than a "rip". And then
> play the binary copy of the dvd. Something like:
>
> > dd if=/dev/dvd of=/tmp/copy_of.dvd bs=2048
> > xinev --auto-scan dvd dvd:///tmp/copy_of.dvd/
>
> Or you may do that at a friend's house where you know his setup works.
>
> Can you play DVDs with just regular xine? Outside of Myth? With Mplayer?
>
> That may help you separate whether it is a DVD hardware problem or a
> xine software problem.... I actually had hardware problems that went
> away when I replaced the physical DVD drive...
I have a new "rosewill" dual-layer dvd burner in the myth box I just
built. I seem to be able to play a dvd using xine the very first time
I insert a DVD. If I quite xine and attempt to play it a second time,
dvdcss authorization fails. It will work again if I eject the DVD and
re-insert it. Mplayer plays the first track and exits, after that I
get dvdcss errors.
Note that I was not able to get xine to do anything but complain about
dvdcss before I popped the DVD drive into a windows box and played a
DVD there using the software that came with the DVD drive (perhaps it
set a region?). After moving the dvd drive back to the linux machine,
xine at least worked once.
I have not been able to get myth transcoding to work, nor have I been
able to get vobcopy to work. Both vobcopy and mtd complain of dvdcss
errors. After mounting the dvd using udf, something like vobcopy will
say:
# vobcopy -i /tmp/mnt -m
<...>
path to dvd: /dev/hda
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/hda with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda for reading
Dmesg says things like:
UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume
'STARGATE_SG1_V1_R1_YR5', timestamp 2003/10/02 20:17 (1ed4)
hda: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: command error: error=0x50
ide: failed opcode was 100
<repeated a zillion times>
I just tried to dd the raw device, and that seemed to wedge the box
solid.
This is the first time I've ever tried to play a DVD on linux. Is it
the hardware? Is there a more linux friendly DVD drive I should buy?
I'm really looking forward to retiring my failing standalone DVD
player.
Thanks,
Drew
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