Trying to play a VCD Installed libdvdcss- no go

userzero · 10-16-2015, 09:12 PM

Hi All,

I'm trying to play VCDs via VCL. I've installed libdvdcss but still can't get playback. I made sure to select "SVCD/VCD" option. Thoughts?

-u0

ondoho · 10-17-2015, 02:36 AM

according to search results for 'linux how to play vcd 2015', you should be able to use mplayer or xine or gxine like this:

Code:

gxine vcd://1
mplayer vcd://1

userzero · 10-17-2015, 02:05 PM

Thanks for the info. I've tried both of these suggestions previously via google research. Both launch an error message claiming VCD source could not be played. Tried different VCDs to eliminate medium problems- no go. DVDs work on this install and VCDs work on Linux Mint. "Why not just play them on Linux Mint then?" Because I want to get it working on Debian. :-)

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ondoho · 10-17-2015, 02:43 PM

of course you want to get it working.

what's the exact & full eror message, preferably with a verbose switch (e.g. "mplayer --verbose vcd://1")?
is it identical for both media players? that would be cool, because it would hint at the underlying problem.

i communicated my search terms for a reason.
what did your searches bring up?
what have you tried?
which debian version?

userzero · 10-17-2015, 08:08 PM

Thanks for the reply. Here is one output: (not sure where the log file is located. I looked in /etc/mplayer)

root@polaris:~# mplayer vcd://1
Failed to read /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf.local: No such file or directory
Warning unknown option include at line 177
Creating config file: /root/.mplayer/config
MPlayer SVN-r37375 (C) 2000-2013 MPlayer Team
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
Can't init input joystick
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing vcd://1.
track 01: adr=1 ctrl=4 format=2 00:02:00 mode: 1
Error selecting VCD track. (get)
Failed to open vcd://1.

ondoho · 10-18-2015, 02:02 AM

you are running a media player as root.

i won't continue troubleshooting a problem on a misconfigured system. (*)

please reinstall debian from scratch, and do it properly this time, creating and using a normal user.

(*) this is such a big topic that i can't just post you some link to read.
please do some research. i bet wiki.debian.org has something to say on that.

qlue · 10-18-2015, 03:52 AM

The last time I had a VCD I was unable to read it in Linux.
I had to use Windows to rip the data files then transfer them to Linux.
(ironically Windows could read the disc but couldn't play it and Linux could play the files but couldn't read the disc. Since VCD is dead, I doubt that's changed much)

frieza · 10-18-2015, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

you are running a media player as root.

definitely a no no, though i'm one to talk, i used to do that also. I would try at the very least copy the code block into a script (eg, move.sh)

Code:

# chmod +x move.sh
# ./move.sh

the script

Code:

#! /bin/bash
groupadd $1
useradd -g $1 $1
passwd $1
cp -v /root/* /home/$1
cd /home/$1 
chown -R  $1:$1 *

which will create a user for you and move your files to it's home directory

then subsequently log in as that user as opposed to root

not sure how well that will work, but make sure to back everything up first

if it does you won't have to re-install

as for the original problem, libdvdcss is for encrypted DVD content, and would not effect VCD playback