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01-06-2004, 02:21 PM
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How can I get DVDs to play in Fedora?
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01-06-2004, 02:49 PM
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Every thing works but DVD!
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01-06-2004, 08:09 PM
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Does nobody know anything about DVD playback?!?
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01-06-2004, 09:01 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Fedora Core(Redhat)
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Playing of DVD's
hello there,
There is no need for the dvd to get shown in the /mnt/cdrom link. I am using fedora core 1.0 in my pc. i have installed xine-lib and xine-ui as the frontend. Well make sure that the dvd device is linked to cdrom drive. this could be done by using creating a symbolic link. for example if your cdrom device is hdc then the following is the command
ln -s /dev/dvd /dev/hdc.
Once u do this open up the xine user interface and click on dvd and it should open up without any problem
hope that the above solution solves the problem
with regards
rajkumar
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01-06-2004, 09:22 PM
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Well, I tried that....
And this is what it told me when I tried to play DVD in Xine:
The source can't be read.
Maybe you don't have enough rightsfor this, or source
doesn't contain data (e.g.: not disc in drive). (/dev/dvd)
Then:
-xine engine error-
There is no input plugin available to handle 'dvd:/'.
Maybe MRL syntax is wrong or file/stream source doesn't exist.
What do you think?

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01-06-2004, 10:56 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Fedora Core(Redhat)
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Xine Problem
Well it seems that xine is having a problem. I have this same problem if i try to run tv using xine. but that is understandable since i have not installed the tv plugin in xine. But in the case of dvd's xine automatically has the plugin. hope u have downloaded the source from the site and then compiled it.
But there is one catch here--- xine plays ordinary dvd's all by itself. but if you are trying to play encrypted dvd's you have install the library for it and recomplie xine with the encrypted dvd support availiable..
well if you have redhat 8.0 cd's or the pc quest magazine 8.0 cd with u there is a player called mplayer with it which u might be knowing. it would play dvd's as well. well make sure u have created the symbolic links before running dvd's as u did before
rajkumar
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01-07-2004, 07:30 AM
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there is no /dev/dvd, therefore your dvd drive is /dev/cdrom.
I have my dvd drive working in fedora fine. Just change your drive in xine and other programs so it looks at /dev/cdrom instead of /dev/dvd.
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01-07-2004, 09:04 AM
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I installed the lib first
I installed the lib first. I'll try changing it to /dev/cdrom. I tried dev/hdc/ but that didn't work. Thanks.
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01-07-2004, 09:12 AM
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Success! Thank you! My last dependency on windows has been broken! Yay! Beat up Billy!
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01-08-2004, 01:19 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
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Re: Well, I tried that....
This erro can also be because there are some missing decoding libraries-can't remember which but I had the same issue-just search google for the error message.
I also did ln -l /dev/cdron /dev/dvd worked fine
Ian
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01-08-2004, 01:42 PM
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You need to go into xine's preferences and under input change /dev/dvd to /dev/cdrom.
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01-27-2004, 05:51 PM
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: FL
Distribution: Fedora
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DVDs in linux
You get to play DVDs by using VideoLAN
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01-27-2004, 05:59 PM
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On the contrary, Video LAN doesn't play everything and will have the same dev deection problem under Fedora as XINE in this particular hardware config.
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01-28-2004, 12:34 PM
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Registered: Dec 2003
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Play DVDs in linux
When I installed VideoLAN it took care of identifying my drives. It plays whatever I put into my DVD or CDRom.
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08-05-2004, 09:02 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: New York, USA
Distribution: Fedora 2
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Newbie needs help!
I am getting similar error messages. Cannot find input plugin for MRL [dvd:/]
Cannot open MRL [dvd:/]
What does all this mean? Where would I type the commands.. ln -s /dev/dvd /dev/hdc ?
This is probably my last barrier to getting rid of Windows!!
Rick
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