Hi, "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Monday 16 June 2003 11:00 pm, Pradeep Sethi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am still not able to play DVDs. I can play audio CDs / VCDs in that >> drive, work fine. but get error, while playing DVD. >> >> when I try to play DVD through mplayer GUI, click on open Disc, it shows >> reading the DVD for 5-6 seconds (light blinking), then gives error >> 'Can't play /dev/dvd'. > >Pradep, I've not been following this thread so if I repeat something already >asked I apologize. > >Did you do (as root) a "ln -s /dev/<devicename> /dev/dvd"? In my case, since I >use SCSI it would be: > >ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/dvd > >on an IDE system, it would look something like: > >ln -s /dev/hdb (or hdc or hdd) /dev/dvd > >Also, did you add your user to the cdrom or cdwriter group(s)? > >One more thing, what about permissions? Here I had to do a: > >chmod a+r /mnt/cdrom >chmod a+rx /dev/scd0 (that would be hdb, hdc, or hdd on IDE). > when I do ln -l /dev/dvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] psethi]# ls -l /dev/dvd lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Jun 17 07:36 /dev/dvd -> ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd I would guess, this config is correct, as I can play audio CDs and VCDs in this drive, works fine. Done : [EMAIL PROTECTED] psethi]# chmod a+r /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] psethi]# chmod a+rx /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd Then I try gmplayer, still getting the same error :( Output : --------------------- Playing /dev/dvd libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.6 for DVD access libdvdread: Could not open device with libdvdcss. libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd --------------------- pls help. Thanks in Advance Pradeep __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455
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