Re: I am having trouble getting VLC or Ogle to work

[Tim Shelley <t_shelley@cogeco.ca>]

On Sun, 11 May 2003 04:50:04 +0200
jeremy <jpetzold@earthlink.net> wrote:

> On Saturday 10 May 2003 9:50 pm, jeremy wrote:
> > I have all the libs needed for both, but I run into trouble when I tell
> > either to open the disk.
> >
> > I get in ogle:
> >
> > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.6 for DVD access
> > libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> > ERROR[ogle_nav]: faild to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
> >
> >
> > and in vlc:
> >
> > VideoLAN Client 0.5.3 Natalya
> > [00000162] main input: playlist item `dvd:/dev/dvd@'
> > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.6 for DVD access
> > libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.6 for DVD access
> > libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> > [00000162] dvd input error: fatal failure in ifo
> > [00000162] dvd input error: fatal failure in ifo
> > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.6 for DVD access
> > libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.6 for DVD access
> > libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> > [00000162] vcd input error: could not read TOCHDR
> > [00000162] vcd input error: no movie tracks found
> > [00000162] main input error: no suitable access module for
> > `/://dvd:/dev/dvd@'
> 
> cancel that, after I could not find the correct drive name I just linked to 
> /dev/cdrom and it worked.
> 
> I would however like to know how to turn on DMA as my video is realy choppy
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Jeremy

To turn on DMA for your drive you need to used hdparm and the command is:

hdparm -d1 /dev/dvd   (or whatever your drive name is now)

Cheers