Kaffeine isn't playing DVDs

9nine9 · 11-27-2007, 03:40 PM

I installed the Fedora 8 Live CD.

It looks like Kaffeine is the only Media player I've got but it won't play DVD movies.

Here's the error message:

xine cannot find input plugin for MRL [dvd:///dev/sr0]

reddazz · 11-28-2007, 04:30 AM

You probably need to enable the livna repo and then install libdvdcss using yum. The steps would be as follows

Code:

#rpm -Uvh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
#yum install libdvdcss

If you prefer using a GUI to manage your packages, install yumex e.g.

Code:

#yum install yumex

9nine9 · 11-28-2007, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

You probably need to enable the livna repo and then install libdvdcss using yum. The steps would be as follows

Code:

#rpm -Uvh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
#yum install libdvdcss

After doing the first command, I get a 'warning':

________________________________________________________________
Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.Km52aF: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:livna-release ########################################### [100%]
_________________________________________________________________
Do you know what that means.

reddazz · 11-28-2007, 05:35 PM

The installation completed successfully. The warning was about the system not having the livna gpg key (which is actually installed by the livna-release rpm). All you need to do now is enter the second command to install libdvdcss.

9nine9 · 11-29-2007, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

All you need to do now is enter the second command to install libdvdcss.

Ok, I did that:

Quote:

Installed: libdvdcss.i386 0:1.2.9-4.lvn6
Complete!

But I'm still getting the same error message when trying to play DVD movie:

Quote:

No plugin found to handle this resource (dvd:///dev/sr0)

Details
08:24:40 PM: xine: cannot find input plugin for MRL [dvd:///dev/sr0]

reddazz · 11-29-2007, 11:14 AM

Try installing xine-lib-extras-nonfree.

9nine9 · 11-30-2007, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

Try installing xine-lib-extras-nonfree.

Alright, that seemed to do the trick. Everything seems to be working good except for one slight glitch.

If I hit the Stop button in Kaffeine, the DVD movie won't start playing again when hitting the Play button.

I get two error messages:

Quote:

The source can't be read.
Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (/dev/dvd)

Obviously, that message isn't quite legit.

When I close that error message, another one pops up:

Quote:

No plugin found to handle this resource (dvd://5.9)

Details
11:45:36 AM: xine: cannot find input plugin for MRL [dvd://5.9]
11:45:36 AM: xine: input plugin cannot open MRL [dvd://5.9]
11:45:36 AM: xine: found input plugin : DVD Navigator
11:45:31 AM: video_out: throwing away image with pts 270326242 because it's too old (diff : 3775).

There is a much longer list of details than what I've quoted here, but you probably don't need to see them all as most of them are a repeat of that last line except for different (diff : 6449) numbers.

reddazz · 11-30-2007, 07:02 PM

I've never seen that type of error using Kaffeine, so unfortunately I can't be of much help. If no one else helps out, try posting in the official kaffeine forum.

mickeyboa · 12-01-2007, 02:49 PM

I got the same error "don't have permissions" after a couple of reboots
I now have permissions.
I really do think Linux likes to be rebooted. I remember after a rough
night on the town, the next morning after I rebooted I was great to go.
Strange world we live in.

9nine9 · 12-01-2007, 03:33 PM

Thanks for your help, reddazz.

That kaffeine forum looks like they have a big spam problem.

But anyway, if all else fails, I can live with the Stop button problem.

And maybe mickeyboa is right. Maybe a reboot will 'fix' the problem. Haven't tried playing another movie since my last reboot.