I've been using gxine to play dvds in Ubuntu because Totem won't do... well, anything. It works decently, but I can only pause the dvd exactly once each time I open the program. If I pause a second time, it freezes at unpause. At first, the video will continue while the audio doesn't, then the window will go dark and I have to force quit.
If I run gxine in a terminal, this is the output I get (before I open the dvd)--
Quote:
bind: No such file or directory
warning: configuration item media.audio_cd.cddb_cachedir points to a non-existent location /home/andrew/.xine/cddbcache
warning: configuration item media.capture.save_dir points to a non-existent location
warning: configuration item media.dvd.raw_device points to a non-existent location /dev/rdvd
warning: configuration item media.video4linux.radio_device points to a non-existent location /dev/radio0
warning: configuration item media.video4linux.video_device points to a non-existent location /dev/video0
warning: configuration item media.wintv_pvr.device points to a non-existent location /dev/video0
warning: configuration item decoder.external.real_codecs_path points to a non-existent location
warning: configuration item subtitles.separate.font_freetype points to a non-existent location
lirc: cannot initialise - disabling remote control
lirc: maybe lircd isn't running or you can't connect to the socket?
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And this is the output the terminal gives when I open a dvd (in this particular case it's a dvd of "The Office," though I'm pretty sure that makes no difference)--
Quote:
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1.1.11.1 from http://xine.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access
libdvdnav: DVD Title: OFFICE
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 34f2991a
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): S2_D4_R0
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/andrew/.dvdnav/OFFICE.map'
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fe0000. Regions: 1
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 0x0000014b
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00041d72
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00086fc0
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x000f07d7
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x000f07db
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB at 0x0015e382
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x0015e386
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_0.VOB at 0x001c83e5
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x001c83e9
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_0.VOB at 0x002601f5
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x002601f9
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_0.VOB at 0x003af8c8
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x003af8cc
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.VOB at 0x003b1acb
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB at 0x003b1acf
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_0.VOB at 0x003b34d9
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB at 0x003b34dd
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 8 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
demux_wavpack: (open_wv_file:127) open_wv_file: non-seekable inputs aren't supported yet.
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Sorry if that was annoyingly long.
There is no output in the terminal when it freezes, except for "Killed" after I kill it.
I know that dvd playback in Linux is somewhat of a crap shoot, but is there any trick to get the freezing to stop?
Thanks,
--Andrew
I even installed the Windows version on my Vista machine.
