xine problems
 

i installed xine correctly

when i run it and try to play a dvd i get the following error


hurricane:~/My Computer# xine
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.23.
(c) 2000-2003 The xine Team.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1-rc3a from http://xine.sf.net
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdnav: DVD Title: BBCDVD1042
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 2AB859D0
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): BBCDVD1042
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/root/.dvdnav/BBCDVD1042.map'
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00350000. Regions: 2 4 7 8

*** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:1522 ***
*** for info_length % sizeof(uint32_t) == 0 ***

libdvdnav: ifoRead_TITLE_VOBU_ADMAP vtsi failed - CRASHING
Aborted



any ideas on what i have done wrong?

Yes .. unfortunately Xine cannot (to my knowledge) play DVD's. This has something to do with copyrights & legal wrangles as it is free software.

Only windows players - which cost - have the authority to run de-encryption algorithms to play your regular DVD movie.

Visit the Xine website for more info on this...

Xine works I was wrong
 

Hi , in my last post i wrote that xine would not work to playback dvd. I was wrong about this.

you can make xine work with full dvd menu support etc but you will need to download a few files to do this.

I got my xine to work (really nicely!!) by following the instructions at:


http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/

which is a onestop shop with everything you will need. But be aware, it may be illegal to use xine in some countries, so you should check the law!

cheers

many distros come with broken dvd reading (because like said before, you need to pay to legally read dvds)

but linux can use lbdvdcss, which is able to bypass the encryption and read the dvd like a block device

http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/

download from there, and then compile it