Re: Recommended MPLAYER config for old computers

[Amit Uttamchandani <atu13439@csun.edu>]

> Hi,
> 
> It looks weird - CRC errors? Is the DVD scratched badly? I'm afraid I 
> cannot help you; maybe you should try asking on some mplayer forums/groups?
> 
> BTW, have you tried the kaffeine already? It worked better than mplayer 
> with DVDs for me.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Michal R. Hoffmann

Yeah the CRC errors looked weird. The DVD isn't scratched badly. And it also plays fine on a regular dvd player. So yeah I'm not sure what could be the issue.

I was going to try out kaffeine and checked out its dependencies...it uses xine as the backend so I tried installing xine and using that to play dvds. No luck...still didn't work.

Also I checked out /var/log/messages and these lines seem to be suspect:

Oct  3 21:01:29 debian kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Oct  3 21:01:29 debian kernel:   Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
Oct  3 21:01:29 debian kernel:   "28 00 00 02 6c b0 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
Oct  3 21:01:29 debian kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 635584
Oct  3 21:01:29 debian kernel: hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Oct  3 21:01:29 debian kernel: hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
Oct  3 21:01:29 debian kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown


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Amit Uttamchandani <atu13439@csun.edu>