[SOLVED] xine won't play DVDs. Please help.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 10:10 AM

My operating system is Slackware 14.2, I use an external DVD drive for playing DVDs, and yes - I had asked about this issue in a previous thread, and it had been resolved. But since then, my hard drive had "died" on me (so to speak) and I had to replace it (then re install everything, of course), but up until that point, I managed to get it to play DVDs, but for some strange reason, no matter what I do, the same two error messages keep popping up (as seen in the attached image) whenever I try to use it to play DVDs, and yes, I installed libdvdcss, and I gave my user account authorization to access DVDs.

ppr:kut · 02-01-2017, 10:39 AM

There are no images attached, or at least, I don't see them.

bassmadrigal · 02-01-2017, 11:30 AM

I don't see them either. Please provide the images, or copy/paste the error messages into the forum using [code][/code] tags.

Have you tried any other players like mplayer to see if it is a xine issue or something that is affecting the whole system?

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 02:10 PM

Yes, I tried UMplayer, and it seems to work with that, but not as reliably though.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ppr:kut

There are no images attached, or at least, I don't see them.

Sorry, I thought it uploaded, anyway, here it is:

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bassmadrigal · 02-01-2017, 03:38 PM

Can you try using the commandline version of mplayer? That can provide a lot more useful output than GUI apps. Paste all output into [code][/code] tags.

GazL · 02-01-2017, 04:03 PM

It doesn't work here either.

Code:

test@ws1:~$ xine dvd://dev/sr0
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.9.
(c) 2000-2014 The xine Team.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3
libdvdread: Could not open //dev/sr0 with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open //dev/sr0 for reading
libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD

I think that's the correct format of MRL as listed in xine(5).
And yes, 'test' is in group cdrom so it shouldn't be permissions.

mplayer dvd://1 works just fine.

Maybe xine and or some of the libs need rebuilding. I did try using an old build I had lying around but I got a load of unresolved references for xcb_* objects and I wasn't in the mood to chase it down tonight.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 04:22 PM

And the output is:

Code:

bash-4.3$ mplayer
MPlayer 1.2.1-5.3.0 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
Usage:   mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
 -vo <drv>        select video output driver ('-vo help' for a list)
 -ao <drv>        select audio output driver ('-ao help' for a list)
 vcd://<trackno>  play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount)
 dvd://<titleno>  play DVD title from device instead of plain file
 -alang/-slang    select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code)
 -ss <position>   seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
 -nosound         do not play sound
 -fs              fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page)
 -x <x> -y <y>    set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
 -sub <file>      specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay)
 -playlist <file> specify playlist file
 -vid x -aid y    select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
 -fps x -srate y  change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
 -pp <quality>    enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page)
 -framedrop       enable frame dropping (for slow machines)

Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
 <-  or  ->       seek backward/forward 10 seconds
 down or up       seek backward/forward  1 minute
 pgdown or pgup   seek backward/forward 10 minutes
 < or >           step backward/forward in playlist
 p or SPACE       pause movie (press any key to continue)
 q or ESC         stop playing and quit program
 + or -           adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
 o                cycle OSD mode:  none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
 * or /           increase or decrease PCM volume
 x or z           adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
 r or t           adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand

 * * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * *

and while I'm at it, where do I get a copy of libdvdread (I already installed libdvdcss)?

montagdude · 02-01-2017, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNutCase

And the output is:

Code:

bash-4.3$ mplayer
MPlayer 1.2.1-5.3.0 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
Usage:   mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
 -vo <drv>        select video output driver ('-vo help' for a list)
 -ao <drv>        select audio output driver ('-ao help' for a list)
 vcd://<trackno>  play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount)
 dvd://<titleno>  play DVD title from device instead of plain file
 -alang/-slang    select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code)
 -ss <position>   seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
 -nosound         do not play sound
 -fs              fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page)
 -x <x> -y <y>    set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
 -sub <file>      specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay)
 -playlist <file> specify playlist file
 -vid x -aid y    select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
 -fps x -srate y  change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
 -pp <quality>    enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page)
 -framedrop       enable frame dropping (for slow machines)

Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
 <-  or  ->       seek backward/forward 10 seconds
 down or up       seek backward/forward  1 minute
 pgdown or pgup   seek backward/forward 10 minutes
 < or >           step backward/forward in playlist
 p or SPACE       pause movie (press any key to continue)
 q or ESC         stop playing and quit program
 + or -           adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
 o                cycle OSD mode:  none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
 * or /           increase or decrease PCM volume
 x or z           adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
 r or t           adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand

 * * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * *

Look at the output. It's telling you that you need to supply the file/DVD you are trying to play. Try the mplayer command GazL posted.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 04:36 PM

Code:

bash-4.3$ mplayer dvd://dev/sr0
MPlayer 1.2.1-5.3.0 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team

Playing dvd://dev/sr0.
The hostname option must be an integer: dev
Struct dvd, field hostname parsing error: dev
libdvdread: Can't stat sr0
No such file or directory
libdvdread: Could not open sr0
Couldn't open DVD device: sr0 (No such file or directory)
No stream found to handle url dvd://dev/sr0

And yes, the DVD that I'm trying to play is in the drive.

But I'm trying to play it from an EXTERNAL DVD drive (sr1).

bassmadrigal · 02-01-2017, 05:07 PM

So, if you change it to mplayer dvd://dev/sr1, does it work?

As for libdvdread, it should be part of an official Slackware install.

http://packages.slackware.com/?r=sla...3-x86_64-1.txz

GazL · 02-01-2017, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

So, if you change it to mplayer dvd://dev/sr1, does it work?

As for libdvdread, it should be part of an official Slackware install.

http://packages.slackware.com/?r=sla...3-x86_64-1.txz

That's still the wrong syntax.

mplayer dvd:////dev/sr1 will probably work (yes, 4 slashes!) though I find the alternate syntax clearer:
mplayer -dvd-device /dev/sr1 dvd://

kingbeowulf · 02-01-2017, 05:20 PM

dvd://dev/sr0 is wrong. You don't provide the device name that way.

Code:

mplayer [dvd|dvdnav]://[title|[start_title]-end_title][/device] [options]

For GUI (xine or gmplayer) check the configuration to see if they are using /dev/dvd symling to /dev/sr?. On one of my boxes /dev/dvd -> /dev/sr0 usually but on some reboots ends up /dev/sr1 (whacky udev).

try the correct way:

Code:

mplayer dvd://1 -chapter 1

to play title 1 chapter 1 on default DVD.

Code:

mplayer dvd://1 -chapter 1 -dvd-device /dev/sr0

to also specify device. Try /dev/dvd, or /dev/sr1 (see above). You may (or may not) need to specify the title and chapter to start playin the DVD from the beginning. Some multi-angle DVDs are a bit odd.

NOTE: Slackware will not play CSS encrypted media by default.

-dang, GazL beat me to it.

bassmadrigal · 02-01-2017, 05:23 PM

Looking again at your screen shot, it's trying to read /devdvdr1, which isn't a valid location. Have you verified your dvd drive is set correctly in xine (if there's an option for that)? But I haven't used xine since I found out about mplayer over a decade ago, so maybe that is normal for xine (although, I doubt it).

Also, what is your symlink of /dev/dvd set to? Do you have it pointing to /dev/sr0 or /dev/sr1? To simplify diagnosing, I would suggest setting it to whatever device you're intending on using right now (which I think is your external which should be /dev/sr1).

bassmadrigal · 02-01-2017, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazL

That's still the wrong syntax.

mplayer dvd:////dev/sr1 will probably work (yes, 4 slashes!) though I find the alternate syntax clearer:
mplayer -dvd-device /dev/sr1 dvd://

Thanks, it's been years since I've tried playing dvds on my system (I even removed my disc drives from my desktop early last year) and I must've forgotten the proper syntax.