This is the error i get when I try to load my dvd. I can't seem to figure this one out. It was working just fine a few days ago. I've linked hdc to dvd in my /dev, and it was working fine. now it's not. do you guys have any thoughts on this output from the terminal.

Found xine library version: 1.0.0 (1-rc0a).
XServer Vendor: Mandrake Linux (XFree86 4.3, patch level 23mdk). Release: 40300000,
Protocol Version: 11, Revision: 0,
Available Screen(s): 1, using 0
Depth: 24.
XShmQueryVersion: 1.1.
-[ xiTK version 0.10.5 [XMB]]-
-[ xiTK will use XShm ]-
-[ WM type: (EWMH) KWIN {KWin} ]-
Display is not using Xinerama.
main: probing <xv> video output plugin
main: probing <alsa> audio output plugin
load_plugins: failed to load audio output plugin <alsa>
main: probing <oss> audio output plugin
xine_interface: unknown param 10
xine_interface: unknown param 10
xine_interface: unknown param 10
xine_interface: unknown param 10
vo_scale: invalid ratio, using 4:3
vo_scale: unknown aspect ratio (0) in stream => using 4:3
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1-rc0a from http://xine.sf.net
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdnav: DVD Title: THE_OTHERS
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 2c700db1
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): THE_OTHERS
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/e/.dvdnav/THE_OTHERS.map'
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fe0000. Regions: 1
libspudec:init_plugin called
input_dvd: Error getting next block from DVD (Error reading NAV packet.)


thank you.

i've determined that it will play unencrypted dvd's. Now, I've download dvdcss, and i've tried a rpm -U as the instructions said... but it doesn't seem to be working. do you have any thoughts on this? when i try to uninstall dvdcss it said 'package libdvdcss is not installed'. how wierd is that.

also, do you have any idea how I would be able to do a complete uninstall of xine? i mean... completely clear it out so I could start fresh. I tried to just remove it with the package manager, but it didn't clear all the previous settings. thanks.

the settings are in the directory ~/.xine. Just remove it and the previous settings will be gone.

haha. um... hopefully my stupidity will help somebody else. It seems I was trying to install the wrong dvdcss. the one you need to install is the i386 file... NOT the src rpm. yea.

however... now that i am running the dvd's again, they seem very, very choppy. also, i'm having trouble reading my iso cd's from my dvd drive when I'm using the package installer. do you think these two things are related. all of this just sort of happened in the last day, i have no idea why. i don't think i burned the iso's wrong. in fact, i'm sure i did it right because it CAN install from them. but it will freeze up sometimes. any thoughts would be great. thanks.

choppy dvd playback usually means that you don't have dma set for you dvd player.

as root:

/sbin/hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc

if that doesn't work for you, you may have to try doing some fiddling in your boot loader to use scsi emulation. if this is needed, you'll also have to relink your /dev/dvd shortcut.

sometimes, a problem like that is DMA not enabled. As root do

hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc

this turns on DMA for your drive. Maybe this is all there is to it (it was for me, which took me an awful long time to figure out...)

Edit: Oops. Same as megaspaz above

brilliant! works perfect. i still have no idea why it broke, but it sure is working now. thanks a lot guy. hope this helps somebody else too.