Re: How do I play a DVD??????
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 11:53:34AM +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to play a DVD using mplayer. I installed mplayer and libdvdcss
> from the marillat archives. But for some reason I cannot run my dvd.
>
> I get the folling error: "Couldn't open DVD device:/dev/dvd". That
> device is actually available and is a symbolic link to /dev/hdc, which
> is my DVD recoreder/player.
>
> Changing the device in "preferences" to /dev/hdc results in the same
> error.
>
> Changing the device to /media/cdrom results in the message "Can't open
> VMG info" and the following oputput in my terminal:
> "....
> Playing dvd://1.
> libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
> libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/hdc mounted on /media/cdrom0
> for CSS authentication
> libdvdread: Could not open /dev/hdc with libdvdcss.
> libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hdc for reading
> libdvdread: Device /dev/hdc inaccessible, CSS authentication not
> available.
> Reading disc structure, please wait...
> libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> Can't open VMG info!"
>
> The user is a member of the cdrom group ( runnning mplayer as root doe
> not change the results)
>
> Anyone any idea how to play a DVD on Debain AMD64?
>
>
> Groeten,
>
> Joost
>
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Hi,
I was having similar problems when I used SCSI-emulation to access my
CD/DVD for burning. One of the problem was that the SCSI-modules were
not loading automatically. After loading the modules with modprobe, the
player could access the disc but there were some other problems, so I
stopped using the SCSI-emulation. Now I can play DVD:s without problems
with totem-xine.
So, make sure all the necessary modules are loaded and you have your
/dev/hdc (or the scsi device if you use scsi-emulation) in the /etc/fstab.
Also make sure that all the symlinks for your devices are correctly set,
if you use SCSI-emulation. You should be able to mount the disk as a
normal user and if you can then libdvdread should be able access it as well.
Simo
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