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Old 08-15-2004, 09:41 AM   #1
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Can't play DVD movies anymore


I'm using Fedora Core 2
This is really weird, it looks like my LG DVD player just stoped working.
I remember few months ago I was able to watch DVD movie with mplayer.. no problem.
I could mount video DVD also, now I get: mount: No medium found
The thing is that I can mount CDs, so it looks like this DVD is not recognized as DVD !?
Is this possible, how do I check that? (the same DVD medium works in win2k)

dmesg | grep hdd gives me this:
Quote:
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb408-0xb40f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hdd: LG DVD-ROM DRD-8160B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33)

Wher I run: mplayer dvd://
I get:
Quote:
libdvdread: Could not open device with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd
I have /dev/dvd linked to /dev/hdd - which is DVD player.
And I tryed changing the premission... still the same output.
I even tryed Ogle, but it gives me the same error as mplayer.
I have the latest libdvdread&libdvdcss installed.

I have googled high and low... (this guy has similar problem, but no solution)

Anything else I can try ?
 
Old 08-15-2004, 01:02 PM   #2
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check that you have permission to read from /dev/dvd (and as well to /dev/hdd). Is the only thing it comes to my mind now....
 
Old 08-15-2004, 01:25 PM   #3
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Thanks.. but I did that already.
(you didn't read my post well)
 
Old 08-15-2004, 07:02 PM   #4
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If you are using devfsd, re-link /dev/dvd to devfsd path of your DVD drive.

I sometimes get medium not found in either mplayer and ogle. Just keep opening mplayer until it reads it. Mplayer or Ogle will eventually play the DVD.

If nothing works, use compressed air and spray it in the DVD drive while the computer is off completely. This will get rid of dust in the drive as an temporary fix.
 
Old 08-16-2004, 02:43 AM   #5
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Thanks.
I'll try that. I really don't know what could be the problem....
 
  


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