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> I have a CDRW/DVD combo drive and i can view the contents of the DVD
> fine, xine bails on a plugin error, and Mplayer flickers abit, spins
> up the CDrom but plays nothing
>
> any ideas?

make sure that you have the "dvd" USE Flag active for xine-lib and the "dvd"
and "dvdread" USE Flags for mplayer. If not, switch on these flags and
recompile the two packages.

brgds, Marc


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thanks for that marc
I re compiled mplayer with the dvdread options, xine already had +dvd
as it was part of my original use config
however i still get the problem with mplayer
the dvd spins up, the screen resizes and goes black, then drops back
down to the mplayer splash, the dvd still spins though, really odd
any more tips mate?


On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 02:00:46 +0200, Marc Redmann <mr_spuck_2001@yahoo.de> wrote:
> > I have a CDRW/DVD combo drive and i can view the contents of the DVD
> > fine, xine bails on a plugin error, and Mplayer flickers abit, spins
> > up the CDrom but plays nothing
> >
> > any ideas?
>
> make sure that you have the "dvd" USE Flag active for xine-lib and the "dvd"
> and "dvdread" USE Flags for mplayer. If not, switch on these flags and
> recompile the two packages.
>
> brgds, Marc
>
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> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>



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Hi,

Did you try more DVDs, more chapters. The first chapter on a disc can be
useless intro chapter.
If you'd like DVD menus, you need ogle, or if you use KDE then okle.
You should create a /dev/dvd link to your drive to make thing easier.

HTH.
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Ryan Coates wrote:

> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 02:08:21 +0100
> From: Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com>
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [normal] [gentoo-user] DVD playback
>
> thanks for that marc
> I re compiled mplayer with the dvdread options, xine already had +dvd
> as it was part of my original use config
> however i still get the problem with mplayer
> the dvd spins up, the screen resizes and goes black, then drops back
> down to the mplayer splash, the dvd still spins though, really odd
> any more tips mate?
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 02:00:46 +0200, Marc Redmann <mr_spuck_2001@yahoo.de> wrote:
> > > I have a CDRW/DVD combo drive and i can view the contents of the DVD
> > > fine, xine bails on a plugin error, and Mplayer flickers abit, spins
> > > up the CDrom but plays nothing
> > >
> > > any ideas?
> >
> > make sure that you have the "dvd" USE Flag active for xine-lib and the "dvd"
> > and "dvdread" USE Flags for mplayer. If not, switch on these flags and
> > recompile the two packages.
> >
> > brgds, Marc
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> ryan.coates@gmail.com
>
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>

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Tamas Sarga <tamas@wansite.homelinux.net> writes:

> If you'd like DVD menus, you need ogle, or if you use KDE then okle.
> You should create a /dev/dvd link to your drive to make thing easier.

Or Xine. Xine handles DVD menus perfectly for me.

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> If you'd like DVD menus, you need ogle, or if you use KDE then okle.

not quite right, DVD menus can also be used with xine-ui in combination with
xine-lib.

brgds, Marc


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On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 04:16, Ryan Coates wrote:
> ive set all the appropiate settings to /dev/cdrom
> will this cause problems? and should i make a link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd?
> will an app likely treat them differently? didnt think it would
>

/dev/cdrom is likely a link too. now youve got /dev/dvd that is a 2nd
level link, so to speak.
would be better if you link dvd to the actual device, i.e. /dev/hdc

would apps treat them differently? well, an app will suppose that
/dev/dvd is a dvd driver and /dev/cdrom a cdrom unless you tell it
otherwise (like with xine. you could have as well configured xine to use
/dev/cdrom as your dvd device)

I have had that same error message with xine but it turned out it was
because I had no dvd device (I preffered to create it rather that to
modify xine's configuration) and I had not enough perms to access
/dev/hdd (my dvd drive).
After that error message came the error that told me the device didnt
exist or it didnt have enough perms

Was this the problem you had?

> > check your devices existence and perms
> >
> > i.e. xine uses /dev/dvd by default.
> > check that it exists and, if it is a link, that both have proper
> > permissions.
> >
> >
> > > any ideas?
> > > Thanks from a Gentoo noob
> >
> >
>
>


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hi guys, thanks for all your feed back
i fired im xine again and to my suprise it now plays DVDs, the only
thing i have done is re compiled mplayer with dvdread, which i noticed
added another piece of source, perhaps xine uses this also

now the only problem i have is xine crashes a few seconds after i go
into full screen mode :/



On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:15:25 -0500, David Eduardo Gómez Noguera
<davidgn@servidor.unam.mx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 04:16, Ryan Coates wrote:
> > ive set all the appropiate settings to /dev/cdrom
> > will this cause problems? and should i make a link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd?
> > will an app likely treat them differently? didnt think it would
> >
>
> /dev/cdrom is likely a link too. now youve got /dev/dvd that is a 2nd
> level link, so to speak.
> would be better if you link dvd to the actual device, i.e. /dev/hdc
>
> would apps treat them differently? well, an app will suppose that
> /dev/dvd is a dvd driver and /dev/cdrom a cdrom unless you tell it
> otherwise (like with xine. you could have as well configured xine to use
> /dev/cdrom as your dvd device)
>
> I have had that same error message with xine but it turned out it was
> because I had no dvd device (I preffered to create it rather that to
> modify xine's configuration) and I had not enough perms to access
> /dev/hdd (my dvd drive).
> After that error message came the error that told me the device didnt
> exist or it didnt have enough perms
>
> Was this the problem you had?
>
> > > check your devices existence and perms
> > >
> > > i.e. xine uses /dev/dvd by default.
> > > check that it exists and, if it is a link, that both have proper
> > > permissions.
> > >
> > >
> > > > any ideas?
> > > > Thanks from a Gentoo noob
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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>
>



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Probably you got installed this two libs:


* media-libs/libdvdcss
Latest version available: 1.2.8
Latest version installed: 1.2.8
Size of downloaded files: 204 kB
Homepage: http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/
Description: A portable abstraction library for DVD decryption
License: GPL-2

* media-libs/libdvdnav
Latest version available: 0.1.9

Xine uses both to decode and to menu navigation to play dvd's...
umm... it never crashes to me when I play dvd's... so I cann't help
you with that... does it give you some console error when it crashes?

David GP

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:07:41 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi guys, thanks for all your feed back
> i fired im xine again and to my suprise it now plays DVDs, the only
> thing i have done is re compiled mplayer with dvdread, which i noticed
> added another piece of source, perhaps xine uses this also
>
> now the only problem i have is xine crashes a few seconds after i go
> into full screen mode :/
>
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:15:25 -0500, David Eduardo Gómez Noguera
>
>
> <davidgn@servidor.unam.mx> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 04:16, Ryan Coates wrote:
> > > ive set all the appropiate settings to /dev/cdrom
> > > will this cause problems? and should i make a link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd?
> > > will an app likely treat them differently? didnt think it would
> > >
> >
> > /dev/cdrom is likely a link too. now youve got /dev/dvd that is a 2nd
> > level link, so to speak.
> > would be better if you link dvd to the actual device, i.e. /dev/hdc
> >
> > would apps treat them differently? well, an app will suppose that
> > /dev/dvd is a dvd driver and /dev/cdrom a cdrom unless you tell it
> > otherwise (like with xine. you could have as well configured xine to use
> > /dev/cdrom as your dvd device)
> >
> > I have had that same error message with xine but it turned out it was
> > because I had no dvd device (I preffered to create it rather that to
> > modify xine's configuration) and I had not enough perms to access
> > /dev/hdd (my dvd drive).
> > After that error message came the error that told me the device didnt
> > exist or it didnt have enough perms
> >
> > Was this the problem you had?
> >
> > > > check your devices existence and perms
> > > >
> > > > i.e. xine uses /dev/dvd by default.
> > > > check that it exists and, if it is a link, that both have proper
> > > > permissions.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > any ideas?
> > > > > Thanks from a Gentoo noob
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> ryan.coates@gmail.com
>
>
>
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>

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xine works fine
just compiled xine-ui and it works fine in fullscreen, must be gxine

thanks for all your help guys, this is one of the things i love most
about the linux community :)

off to a Lan party for the weekend, gotta get this battlefield ready now ;)


On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:43:37 +0200, David García Pérez
<davidgp@gmail.com> wrote:
> No idea... I'm using my laptop with a nvidia go 5200 without
> problem... what is yours?... maybe someone else around here can help
> you out...
>
> David GP
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:28:14 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > update, running it from a shell reports the following error
>
>
> > killed
> >
> > thats it :)
> > it does seem to play now, and makes use of dvdnavcss by the looks of
> > it, but still bails :/ wonder if its a graphics card thing
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:23:43 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > i didnt have libdvdnav, compiling now
> >
> >
> > > no error, its gxine so no terminal is present when its running, just
> > > seems to bail on me after a few seconds in full screen mode
> > >
> > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:13:37 +0200, David García Pérez
> > >
> > >
> > > <davidgp@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Probably you got installed this two libs:
> > > >
> > > > * media-libs/libdvdcss
> > > > Latest version available: 1.2.8
> > > > Latest version installed: 1.2.8
> > > > Size of downloaded files: 204 kB
> > > > Homepage: http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/
> > > > Description: A portable abstraction library for DVD decryption
> > > > License: GPL-2
> > > >
> > > > * media-libs/libdvdnav
> > > > Latest version available: 0.1.9
> > > >
> > > > Xine uses both to decode and to menu navigation to play dvd's...
> > > > umm... it never crashes to me when I play dvd's... so I cann't help
> > > > you with that... does it give you some console error when it crashes?
> > > >
> > > > David GP
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:07:41 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > hi guys, thanks for all your feed back
> > > > > i fired im xine again and to my suprise it now plays DVDs, the only
> > > > > thing i have done is re compiled mplayer with dvdread, which i noticed
> > > > > added another piece of source, perhaps xine uses this also
> > > > >
> > > > > now the only problem i have is xine crashes a few seconds after i go
> > > > > into full screen mode :/
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:15:25 -0500, David Eduardo Gómez Noguera
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > <davidgn@servidor.unam.mx> wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 04:16, Ryan Coates wrote:
> > > > > > > ive set all the appropiate settings to /dev/cdrom
> > > > > > > will this cause problems? and should i make a link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd?
> > > > > > > will an app likely treat them differently? didnt think it would
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /dev/cdrom is likely a link too. now youve got /dev/dvd that is a 2nd
> > > > > > level link, so to speak.
> > > > > > would be better if you link dvd to the actual device, i.e. /dev/hdc
> > > > > >
> > > > > > would apps treat them differently? well, an app will suppose that
> > > > > > /dev/dvd is a dvd driver and /dev/cdrom a cdrom unless you tell it
> > > > > > otherwise (like with xine. you could have as well configured xine to use
> > > > > > /dev/cdrom as your dvd device)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have had that same error message with xine but it turned out it was
> > > > > > because I had no dvd device (I preffered to create it rather that to
> > > > > > modify xine's configuration) and I had not enough perms to access
> > > > > > /dev/hdd (my dvd drive).
> > > > > > After that error message came the error that told me the device didnt
> > > > > > exist or it didnt have enough perms
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Was this the problem you had?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > check your devices existence and perms
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > i.e. xine uses /dev/dvd by default.
> > > > > > > > check that it exists and, if it is a link, that both have proper
> > > > > > > > permissions.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > any ideas?
> > > > > > > > > Thanks from a Gentoo noob
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> > > > > ryan.coates@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> > > ryan.coates@gmail.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> > ryan.coates@gmail.com
> >
>



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yeah... maybe it is gxine... I just use xine-ui always... never tried
gxine... enjoy your dvd's :D

David GP


On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:49:32 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> xine works fine
> just compiled xine-ui and it works fine in fullscreen, must be gxine
>
> thanks for all your help guys, this is one of the things i love most
> about the linux community :)
>
> off to a Lan party for the weekend, gotta get this battlefield ready now ;)
>
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:43:37 +0200, David García Pérez
> <davidgp@gmail.com> wrote:
> > No idea... I'm using my laptop with a nvidia go 5200 without
>
>
> > problem... what is yours?... maybe someone else around here can help
> > you out...
> >
> > David GP
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:28:14 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > update, running it from a shell reports the following error
> >
> >
> > > killed
> > >
> > > thats it :)
> > > it does seem to play now, and makes use of dvdnavcss by the looks of
> > > it, but still bails :/ wonder if its a graphics card thing
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:23:43 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > i didnt have libdvdnav, compiling now
> > >
> > >
> > > > no error, its gxine so no terminal is present when its running, just
> > > > seems to bail on me after a few seconds in full screen mode
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:13:37 +0200, David García Pérez
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <davidgp@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Probably you got installed this two libs:
> > > > >
> > > > > * media-libs/libdvdcss
> > > > > Latest version available: 1.2.8
> > > > > Latest version installed: 1.2.8
> > > > > Size of downloaded files: 204 kB
> > > > > Homepage: http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/
> > > > > Description: A portable abstraction library for DVD decryption
> > > > > License: GPL-2
> > > > >
> > > > > * media-libs/libdvdnav
> > > > > Latest version available: 0.1.9
> > > > >
> > > > > Xine uses both to decode and to menu navigation to play dvd's...
> > > > > umm... it never crashes to me when I play dvd's... so I cann't help
> > > > > you with that... does it give you some console error when it crashes?
> > > > >
> > > > > David GP
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:07:41 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > hi guys, thanks for all your feed back
> > > > > > i fired im xine again and to my suprise it now plays DVDs, the only
> > > > > > thing i have done is re compiled mplayer with dvdread, which i noticed
> > > > > > added another piece of source, perhaps xine uses this also
> > > > > >
> > > > > > now the only problem i have is xine crashes a few seconds after i go
> > > > > > into full screen mode :/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:15:25 -0500, David Eduardo Gómez Noguera
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <davidgn@servidor.unam.mx> wrote:
> > > > > > > On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 04:16, Ryan Coates wrote:
> > > > > > > > ive set all the appropiate settings to /dev/cdrom
> > > > > > > > will this cause problems? and should i make a link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd?
> > > > > > > > will an app likely treat them differently? didnt think it would
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > /dev/cdrom is likely a link too. now youve got /dev/dvd that is a 2nd
> > > > > > > level link, so to speak.
> > > > > > > would be better if you link dvd to the actual device, i.e. /dev/hdc
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > would apps treat them differently? well, an app will suppose that
> > > > > > > /dev/dvd is a dvd driver and /dev/cdrom a cdrom unless you tell it
> > > > > > > otherwise (like with xine. you could have as well configured xine to use
> > > > > > > /dev/cdrom as your dvd device)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have had that same error message with xine but it turned out it was
> > > > > > > because I had no dvd device (I preffered to create it rather that to
> > > > > > > modify xine's configuration) and I had not enough perms to access
> > > > > > > /dev/hdd (my dvd drive).
> > > > > > > After that error message came the error that told me the device didnt
> > > > > > > exist or it didnt have enough perms
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Was this the problem you had?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > check your devices existence and perms
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > i.e. xine uses /dev/dvd by default.
> > > > > > > > > check that it exists and, if it is a link, that both have proper
> > > > > > > > > permissions.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > any ideas?
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks from a Gentoo noob
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> > > > > > ryan.coates@gmail.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> > > > ryan.coates@gmail.com
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> > > ryan.coates@gmail.com
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> ryan.coates@gmail.com
>
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You know about DeCSS right? I'm pretty sure you need it.


On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:38:14 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> anybody had problems getting DVD playback to work? i've heard alot of
> stories about it being a pain, but a few say thats rubbish and it
> works fine
> I have a CDRW/DVD combo drive and i can view the contents of the DVD
> fine, xine bails on a plugin error, and Mplayer flickers abit, spins
> up the CDrom but plays nothing
>
> any ideas?
> Thanks from a Gentoo noob
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> ryan.coates@gmail.com
>
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>

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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:11:04 -0500, William Pitcock <nenolod@gmail.com> wrote:
> You know about DeCSS right? I'm pretty sure you need it.
>

yeah... I know about it... but I don't use it... to decode the css you
just need libdvdcss, I think those are the libreries that xine use...
well... or maybe you want to ask me another thing about DeCSS?

David GP

>
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:38:14 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > anybody had problems getting DVD playback to work? i've heard alot of
> > stories about it being a pain, but a few say thats rubbish and it
> > works fine
> > I have a CDRW/DVD combo drive and i can view the contents of the DVD
> > fine, xine bails on a plugin error, and Mplayer flickers abit, spins
> > up the CDrom but plays nothing
> >
> > any ideas?
> > Thanks from a Gentoo noob
> >
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> > Regards,
> >
> > Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
> > ryan.coates@gmail.com
> >
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