i've read several posts about installing codecs... i got realplayer, quicktime codecs, and libdecss. installed a new copy of xine and all the codecs. but i still can't play a dvd! i reinstalled libdvdcss, and pretty much other codecs again... still nothing. HELP! i can't figure this out. everything was taken care of the way i read the instructions...

This is not the answer you seek, but:

1 - Xine has to be included with your Suse 9.0 CD's. Isn't it better to install from the CD's and see if that would work?

2 - You could try a different player. For dvd's I'd recommend ogle: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/
It's pretty neat and easier to built then Xine from my personal experiences. mplayer also plays DVD's greatly, but lacks to follow dvd's standards, but it's not a big deal:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html

and it's dead easy to build

Good luck!

try running xine-check in a terminal. or you can try mplayer which is a much better player.

in reply to both posters:

1) i wasn't able to run the command "xine" in a terminal before i downloaded and installed a new copy.
2) i have kaffeine and Totem movie player that came with the 9.0 install. neither were able to play back dvd's but i could play some clips i had.
3) even tho i installed several files, the new xine player, which i know kaffeine and totem runs , still doesnt play dvd movies. i have a copy of star wars in my dvd burner, i know i CAN rip it - i've ripped and burnt cd's and dvd's - but i can't view the movie.

thanks for your help, though... maybe if one of you could go thru your settings and tell me what you have so i can compare it?

what does it say when you try to play a DVD? start xine from a terminal window to see more output. you seem to have everything you need installed.

uranologist@linux:~> xine
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.22.
(c) 2000-2003 The xine Team.
Built with xine library 1.0.0 (1-rc0a)
Found xine library version: 1.0.0 (1-rc0a).
XServer Vendor: The XFree86 Project, Inc. Release: 40300001,
Protocol Version: 11, Revision: 0,
Available Screen(s): 1, using 0
Depth: 24.
XShmQueryVersion: 1.1.
-[ xiTK version 0.10.5 [XMB]]-
-[ xiTK will use XShm ]-
-[ WM type: (EWMH) KWIN {KWin} ]-
Display is not using Xinerama.
deinterlace: Greedy disabled: required CPU accelleration features unavailable.
deinterlace: Greedy2Frame disabled: required CPU accelleration features unavailable.
main: probing <xv> video output plugin
main: probing <oss> audio output plugin
xine_interface: unknown param 10
xine_interface: unknown param 10
xine_interface: unknown param 10
xine_interface: unknown param 10
vo_scale: invalid ratio, using 4:3
vo_scale: unknown aspect ratio (0) in stream => using 4:3
WOW, string key gui.logo_mrl isn't registered



hmm. is the problem with Greedy? i know i have 3d acceleration set up...

hmm. I don't know what the greedy thing is but I do see that you're using a somewhat old version of xine which probably needs dvdnav (did you get it? it's a plugin for xine). I'm pretty confident that there are newer versions for Suse availabe. If you're willing to compile, it's up to 1.0rc3 - and I'm almost sure there must be pre-compiled stuff available for Suse for this as well.The 1.0rc3 does not need dvdnav.

strange... i downloaded the newer xine file and tried to compile it... typed ./configure, everything went fine. typed make, it took forever and a day spewing strange info. make check gets "nothing to check for... leaving directory" and make install tells me it can't. this is what i got when i typed make install:


uranologist@linux:~/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a> make install
Making install in doc
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/JDOGG/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a/doc'
Making install in man
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/JDOGG/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a/doc/man'
Making install in en
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/JDOGG/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a/doc/man/en'
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/JDOGG/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a/doc/man/en'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
/bin/sh ../../../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/man/man1
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./xine-config.1 /usr/local/man/man1/xine-config.1
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/man/man1/xine-config.1': Permission denied
make[4]: *** [install-man1] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/JDOGG/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a/doc/man/en'
make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/JDOGG/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a/doc/man/en'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/JDOGG/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a/doc/man'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/JDOGG/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a/doc'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
uranologist@linux:~/Desktop/xinestuff/xinecore/xine-lib-1-rc3a>

this is a short copy of what i got for make... (it may be long, but really, it's only a little piece!)

depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o fft.lo `test -f 'fft.c' || echo './'`fft.c
source='golomb.c' object='golomb.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/golomb.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/golomb.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o golomb.lo `test -f 'golomb.c' || echo './'`golomb.c
source='h263.c' object='h263.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/h263.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/h263.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o h263.lo `test -f 'h263.c' || echo './'`h263.c
source='h263dec.c' object='h263dec.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/h263dec.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/h263dec.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o h263dec.lo `test -f 'h263dec.c' || echo './'`h263dec.c
source='h264.c' object='h264.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/h264.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/h264.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o h264.lo `test -f 'h264.c' || echo './'`h264.c
source='huffyuv.c' object='huffyuv.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/huffyuv.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/huffyuv.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o huffyuv.lo `test -f 'huffyuv.c' || echo './'`huffyuv.c
source='idcinvideo.c' object='idcinvideo.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/idcinvideo.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/idcinvideo.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o idcinvideo.lo `test -f 'idcinvideo.c' || echo './'`idcinvideo.c
source='imgconvert.c' object='imgconvert.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/imgconvert.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/imgconvert.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o imgconvert.lo `test -f 'imgconvert.c' || echo './'`imgconvert.c
source='indeo3.c' object='indeo3.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/indeo3.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/indeo3.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -c -o indeo3.lo `test -f 'indeo3.c' || echo './'`indeo3.c
source='interplayvideo.c' object='interplayvideo.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/interplayvideo.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/interplayvideo.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../../../depcomp \
/bin/sh ../../../libtool-nofpic --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../src -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-engine -I../../../src/xine-utils -I../../../src/input -I../../../src/input -DSIMPLE_IDCT -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -DRUNTIME_CPUDETECT -DUSE_FASTMEMCPY -DCONFIG_RISKY -DCONFIG_DECODERS -DXINE_MPEG_ENCODER -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-loops=4 -falign-jumps=4 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -fno-strict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -finline-functions -Wall -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DXINE_COMPILE -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Wcast-align -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissin

what do you make of this?

I'm running XINE on SUSE 9.0

1) Start YAST and search on XINE -- Uninstall all the XINE stuff that came with the distro EXCEPT XINETD -- this is part of the system so don't unistall this package

I think there's some rubbish with American Laywers and Corporate Greedy Suits with supplying Free DVD players with Linux -- you can get stuff bundled with 'Doze so why a problem with Linux I don't know.

You need to UNINSTALL the stuff as it WON'T WORK with the "Proper XINE".

2) Go to http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ and follow the following info copied from the web site


Step by step info to run xine
You need to download the xine engine (libxine). Get the libxine rpm which more closely matches yourCPU:

libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm for Pentium/Pentium MMX
libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.i686.rpm for Pentium II/III/IV
libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.k6.rpm for AMD K6
libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.k7.rpm for AMD Athlon

If you don't know your CPU just get the i586 package.

Download curl library. Some distros ship older versions, but xine-ui requires at least version 7.10.

curl-7.10.3-1.i386.rpm http library (used to download skins)
curl-devel-7.10.3-1.i386.rpm get this if you ever need to recompile xine-ui.

In case of trouble visit curl main download page.

Download xine-ui:

xine-ui-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm for any CPU.

Install the packages (you need to be root):

# rpm -U libxine1* xine-ui* curl*

If you want full DVD support download and install libdvdcss:

libdvdcss-1.2.8-1.network.i386.rpm

By default, xine expects to find your DVD-ROM at /dev/dvd. Creating a symbolic link to your device is recommended (for example, /dev/hdc or /dev/scd0). The command below should work for most users:

# ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd

If you want full Windows Media Video and Quicktime support download and install:

w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm

If you want full Real Media support download and install:

RealPlayer9-9.0.7.151-4.i386.rpm newest version, or
RealPlayer8-8.0.3.412-5.i386.rpm older version (if you have problems instaling RealPlayer9)
obs: Depending on your distro, you might need /usr/sbin/update-alternatives
Type 'xine' at your console window and enjoy...

To try an experimental Netscape/Mozilla plugin using xine to play embedded videos, download and install:

xine-mozilla-plugin-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm xine plugin for Netscape/Mozilla.

This plugin was not officialy released, it might hang/crash/freeze/burn. in case of trouble just uninstall.


Then go to http://packman.links2linux.org/

choose Multi-media
Then XINE
pick KAFFEINE if you want this one as well
Install the xine-libs if you get a conflict with YAST

ensure XINE-UI is installed

The skins are fine as well if you want them -ensure as above you have the curl library installed.
(SUSE 9 is the FIRST distro I ever got DVD playing to work successfully on a computer -- Now I have 2 players running on both laptops and desktops)


If you still can't get XINE to work then try Ogle -- and ther'es a nice front end called oKle -- iit's much easier to install. Google search on it as I can't remember the links.

Note you still need the LIBDVDCSS library.

If the menus don't work properly then LIBDVDNAV might be needed but I think the latest RPM's have this already built in. I didn't need to install it.


Enjoy.

-K

su into root to run make install.

thanks, man - uninstalling and reinstalling worked! i dont know why i couldn't just install over the old xine, like i tried to do... ah well. thanks again, man!