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Re: mplayer, ogle, unable to play DVD



On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:55:13 -0500 (EST),
Sudarshana N Koushik wrote:
> 
> I have one CDR/W drive and one DVD drive. cdrecord -scanbus
> displays the foll.
> scsibus0:
>         0,0,0     0) 'LITE-ON ' 'LTR-32123S      ' 'XS0R' Removable CD-ROM
>         0,1,0     1) '  ATAPI ' '12X DVD-ROM     ' '1.7B' Removable CD-ROM

[...]

> I have absolutely no problem in writing CDs using the first
> drive. Using the DVD drive I can mount data cds and listen to
> audio CDs, but completely unable to play DVDs
> mplayer produces the foll error.
> Playing DVD title 1     (at which point the light in the drive blinks and
> the DVD whirrs...but...)
> libdvdread: Could not open device with libdvdcss.
> libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
> Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd
> (/dev/dvd is linked to /dev/scd1)
> 
> Can someone please point out as to what i'm doing wrong?

Have you tried mounting a *DVD* on the DVD-ROM drive?  What's the
console output when you try to copy a file off a DVD (some of the
files shouldn't be copy-protected)?



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