[SOLVED] xine won't play DVDs. Please help.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 05:26 PM

And the output for that is:

Code:

bash-4.3$ mplayer -dvd-device /dev/sr1 dvd://
MPlayer 1.2.1-5.3.0 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team

Playing dvd://.
There are 20 titles on this DVD.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x0000012b
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00001a94
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0000d566
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x0023a808
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x0030b497
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 3 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 128.
audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 129.
number of audio channels on disk: 2.
subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: en
subtitle ( sid ): 1 language: en
number of subtitles on disk: 2

MPEG-PS file format detected.
MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x480  (aspect 2)  29.970 fps  8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 56.60.100 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 720x480 => 720x540 Planar YV12 
[mpeg2video @ 0x55952acbd360]ac-tex damaged at 18 22
[mpeg2video @ 0x55952acbd360]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0x55952acbd360]concealing 360 DC, 360 AC, 360 MV errors in I frame
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 720x480 => 720x540 Planar YV12 
V:   0.3   2/  2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0

And it STILL won't play DVDs.

bassmadrigal · 02-01-2017, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNutCase

And the output for that is:

Code:

bash-4.3$ mplayer -dvd-device /dev/sr1 dvd://
MPlayer 1.2.1-5.3.0 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team

Playing dvd://.
There are 20 titles on this DVD.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x0000012b
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00001a94
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0000d566
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x0023a808
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x0030b497
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 3 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 128.
audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 129.
number of audio channels on disk: 2.
subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: en
subtitle ( sid ): 1 language: en
number of subtitles on disk: 2

MPEG-PS file format detected.
MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x480  (aspect 2)  29.970 fps  8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 56.60.100 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 720x480 => 720x540 Planar YV12 
[mpeg2video @ 0x55952acbd360]ac-tex damaged at 18 22
[mpeg2video @ 0x55952acbd360]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0x55952acbd360]concealing 360 DC, 360 AC, 360 MV errors in I frame
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 720x480 => 720x540 Planar YV12 
V:   0.3   2/  2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0

And it STILL won't play DVDs.

What does it do? It totally looks like it's doing something. It has successfully decoded the dvd and said it started playback (although, it is probably a menu, not the actual movie).

Maybe it'd be worth replacing the dvd:// at the end with dvdnav://, as that should have better support for menus (although, it's been a long time since I played with dvdnav, so someone might need to correct me).

GazL · 02-01-2017, 05:29 PM

When it worked, I always found xine did a better job with the menu's (dvdnav), which is why I always used it for dvd's even though I now use mpv for everything else.

Mplayer's dvdnav: works, but it's a bit on the raw side. Having said that, xine-ui is pretty horrid, so it's all swings and roundabouts.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

Looking again at your screen shot, it's trying to read /devdvdr1, which isn't a valid location. Have you verified your dvd drive is set correctly in xine (if there's an option for that)? But I haven't used xine since I found out about mplayer over a decade ago, so maybe that is normal for xine (although, I doubt it).

Also, what is your symlink of /dev/dvd set to? Do you have it pointing to /dev/sr0 or /dev/sr1? To simplify diagnosing, I would suggest setting it to whatever device you're intending on using right now (which I think is your external which should be /dev/sr1).

I tried that - same result.

kingbeowulf · 02-01-2017, 05:37 PM

[opinion] I think that XINE should be lanced from Slackware like the festering boil that it is [/opinion]

kingbeowulf · 02-01-2017, 05:44 PM

TheNutCase, is this a DVD you created or a "store-bought" DVD? You will need libdvdcss to decrypt the CSS keys.

GazL · 02-01-2017, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingbeowulf

[opinion] I think that XINE shold be lanced from Slackware like the festering boil that it is [/opinion]

That's not entirely a bad idea given that the last release was in 2014. Is the project still active?

kingbeowulf · 02-01-2017, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazL

That's not entirely a bad idea given that the last release was in 2014. Is the project still active?

You can hear crickets chirping at bugzilla and the dev mailing list. Some activity but devs seem to be scarce.

itsgregman · 02-01-2017, 06:01 PM

Have you tried VLC? Alienbob has an excellent pre made package I would highly recommend. Start VLC go to media-open disk and see how it works for you. I've had freezing problems with Xine consistently over the last couple years. In the old days it was my media player of choice but I've given up on it long ago. I use VLC for all DVDs and Smplayer for most other media.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingbeowulf

TheNutCase, is this a DVD you created or a "store-bought" DVD? You will need libdvdcss to decrypt the CSS keys.

It is a "store-bought" DVD (got it via mail-order), and yes, I installed libdvdcss.

bassmadrigal · 02-01-2017, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazL

Mplayer's dvdnav: works, but it's a bit on the raw side. Having said that, xine-ui is pretty horrid, so it's all swings and roundabouts.

Seems like it hasn't changed much since I last used it. But I believe that dvdnav:/ still works better than just dvd:// on mplayer.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingbeowulf

[opinion] I think that XINE should be lanced from Slackware like the festering boil that it is [/opinion]

Sorry, but I don't (I had it working properly before I had to replace my computer's hard drive).

kingbeowulf · 02-01-2017, 07:51 PM

Ok, I tried to replicate the OP issue, and, lo' same problem. After much pain and anguish, I discovered what is goofy about XINE in my Slackware64 14.2. I have 2 drives: blu-ray and dvd. I normally use mplayer/ffplay/gnome-mplayer to play back video, and since I bought a DVD player with 1080p upscaling years ago, I rarely watch commercial DVDs on my computer. Mplayer would play the DVD OOTB, but XINE gui and CLI would not. Same errors. Some digging on the config located weird dvd defaults in the UI and MEDIA tabs when "expert" mode is selected. I have, when a DVD is inserted:

Code:

 dvd -> sr0
 dvd0 -> sr0
 dvd1 -> sr1

Open the XINE config, or edit ~/.xine/config for these entries:

Code:

# directory a media in dvd device will be mounted
# string, default: /dvd
gui.osdmenu.dvd_mountpoint:/mnt/dvd

# device used for DVD playback
# string, default: /dev/dvd
media.dvd.device:/dev/dvd

# raw device set up for DVD access
# string, default: /dev/rdvd
media.dvd.raw_device:/dev/dvd

Hitting the DVD button on the XINE gui should now fire up the DVD. The issue, and I never touched XINE for 10+ yrs, was the wrong defaults for those lines. Usually, I do a full, clean install every stable release, but this time I rolled 14.1-->current-->14.2. No idea if that scrambled anything. The culprits I suspect was the original "media.dvd.raw_device:/dev/rdvd" and "gui.osdmenu.dvd_mountpoint:/dvd"

restart XINE and "Bob's yer uncle." Hope this helps.

TheNutCase · 02-01-2017, 08:07 PM

I just tried that - same result.

kingbeowulf · 02-01-2017, 08:12 PM

Shouldn't matter how many devices: Those defaults should still point to sane values.