cant read DVD on mplayer or xine

i can't read the DVD on my slackware8.1, im pretty sure i got the dvd link to the rite device, but everytime i try to watch a DVD it said :

this is under mplayer
Playing DVD title 1
Using CSS Key-cache dir: /home/punkshark/.mplayer/DVDKeys/1998062610241300
Reading disc structure, please wait...
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
Can't open VMG info!


this is under xine
dvd_reader: opening /dev/dvd...
dvd_reader: reset drive
dvd_reader: authenticate drive
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
vm: faild to read VIDEO_TS.IFO


CDA, VCD, an others works, only DVD doesnt

oh, and im not newbie!

hmm, have you tried viewing that DVD on a dvd player or something else?, it could be the dvd is damaged. However, try downloading Ogle and try using that to view the DVD. It's a very nice dvd player.

here's the site for Ogle:
http://digilander.libero.it/winehqitalia/dvd.html
and you said you have the right link for /dev/dvd right?

ok, let us know, how it goes.

mplayer is a ok DVD player, but xine is a hella good one, and my linux friends have it too, but they can't figure out wutz wrong with it, i think ogle will have the same problem, but i'll try it

do you have libdvdcss installed?

yes i do, i have d5d for xine too, but still doesn't work

wahh, don't kno how to install w/ .rpm files, i only kno how to do it w/ tarz, tgz and bin

i use slackware and it doesn't use .rpm.. i kno there a thing 4 me to use it, but i dunno wut that is

neo77777, where do u have the libdvdcss, cuz i might have that in the wrong place

Do you have divx4linux installed?

use rpm2tgz to convert rpm's.

Also, when you compile Mplayer, did you use Mplayer's dvdmpkit or not? You might want to if you didn't. I haven't come across a DVD yet that I couldn't play, and I didn't install any external packages (AFAI can remember) that aren't available on the Mplayer homepage. What's the command you are using to play em?


Cool

hey chad, I get this error when I try to use Mplayer to play a DVD, check it out bro.

# mplayer vts_02_1.vob
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/share/locale


MPlayer 0.90rc1-RPM-3.1 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with RUNTIME CPU Detection - warning, it's not optimal! To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 49 audio & 123 video codecs
font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such device (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.)
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed : 50 binds

Playing vts_02_1.vob
Cache fill: 14.94% (1253376 bytes)    Detected MPEG-PS file format!
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x480  (aspect 2)  29.97 fps  10000.0 kbps (1250.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe)  48000 Hz  448.0 kbit/s
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 56000->192000 (448.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1152x864 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local display)
It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support, and read Xv section of DOCS/video.html !
See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. Try -vo x11
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device!


Exiting... (End of file)

I'm not sure what to do...I think the problem is the Video??, but how do I fix that?,

wow, I tried this line, check it out chad

mplayer -vo x11 vts_02_1.vob

and then a Window came up and it started playing the DVD, a Tool music video.
However...how can I make it full screen?, also...like....the sound sounds very low...very very low...dunno why. I have to bring the volume half the way up in my Receiver...for my surround sound.

Video Quality looks very, very good, however!

zlinunxz, surely you've been around long enough to be able to be rtfm'd just a teeny tiiny little bit? either way, you want the -zoom option on x11. you might prefer video output via SDL if you've got that set up.

Henry - is this error instant or does the dvd drive fart around for a bit? i can tell you it's not a problem with divx4linux (no idea why it ever could be) or libdvdcss (not used at that stage). you might want to have a go using one of my little apps, lsdvd at http://acidrip.sourceforge.net/lsdvd.html this uses libdvdread in the same way they do, but it's tiny and easier fo you to chaneg a couple of options. the most likely though is an incorrect symlinjk. or maybe you'ev got scsi emulation on it? i don't know how that might affect things.

zlinuxz, also why are you playing a vob file directly??? -dvd 2

hey Chris...ok, I get this error:

CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with RUNTIME CPU Detection - warning, it's not optimal! To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /home/jley/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/jley/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/jley/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 49 audio & 123 video codecs
font: can't open file: /home/jley/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such device (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.)
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/jley/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed : 50 binds

Playing DVD title 2
libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd
No such file or directory
Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd


Exiting... (End of file)

I think I have to make a link, right?

sorry...it's 3:30am here, heheh,

looks like it. obviously i don't know if you do want track 2... probably though.