Re: dvd & tv-out problem with X

[Kristian Niemi <rance@mbnet.fi>]

Alright... I've been trying to find some more info.
There are some posts on the net suggesting the problem might have 
something to do with kernel 2.6.*; I'm using 2.6.3. See 
http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/libdvd...1/msg00006.html

There's also other posts suggesting the same thing, but I haven't found 
any /solutions/.

When trying to play DVD with xine -- or mplayer, or ogle -- sooner or 
later, before the movie *should end* I get a "libdvdread: Can't seek to 
block xxxxxxx" Where x... usually, if not always, is above a number 
higher than 2000000.

I'm using libdvdread3 0.9.4-4.


Kristian Niemi wrote:
> Question II:
>
> This is a more trivial problem. I'm trying to play DVD's with my Samsung 
> CD-RW/DVD -combo drive. Older DVD:s that I have work fine. Newer, 
> however,  all seem to `miss an ending' -- they just end abruptly, no 
> credits, no nothing. Mplayer / xine just kind of state that `end of 
> file', no more data.
>
> At first I thought it was faulty DVD:s, but now after I've tried *six 
> different ones*, all showing the same `symptoms', I'm starting to doubt 
> that something else might be going on ... Anyone else experiencing 
> something similar?
>
> Have they started making DVD:s in some new way, creating DVD:s 
> incompatible with my drive? (Samsung CD-RW/DVD-ROM SN-308B) Have I 
> missed some mysterious settings? (Again, /has/ worked fine until now, 
> never noticed any problems --- and still works fine with my /older/ DVD:s.)
>
> Any ideas whatsoever?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Kristian