On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 11:53:34AM +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > Hi, > > I want to play a DVD using mplayer. I installed mplayer and libdvdcss > from the marillat archives. But for some reason I cannot run my dvd. > > I get the folling error: "Couldn't open DVD device:/dev/dvd". That > device is actually available and is a symbolic link to /dev/hdc, which > is my DVD recoreder/player. > > Changing the device in "preferences" to /dev/hdc results in the same > error. > > Changing the device to /media/cdrom results in the message "Can't open > VMG info" and the following oputput in my terminal: > ".... > Playing dvd://1. > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access > libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/hdc mounted on /media/cdrom0 > for CSS authentication > libdvdread: Could not open /dev/hdc with libdvdcss. > libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hdc for reading > libdvdread: Device /dev/hdc inaccessible, CSS authentication not > available. > Reading disc structure, please wait... > libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. > Can't open VMG info!" > > The user is a member of the cdrom group ( runnning mplayer as root doe > not change the results) > > Anyone any idea how to play a DVD on Debain AMD64? > > > Groeten, > > Joost > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I was having similar problems when I used SCSI-emulation to access my CD/DVD for burning. One of the problem was that the SCSI-modules were not loading automatically. After loading the modules with modprobe, the player could access the disc but there were some other problems, so I stopped using the SCSI-emulation. Now I can play DVD:s without problems with totem-xine. So, make sure all the necessary modules are loaded and you have your /dev/hdc (or the scsi device if you use scsi-emulation) in the /etc/fstab. Also make sure that all the symlinks for your devices are correctly set, if you use SCSI-emulation. You should be able to mount the disk as a normal user and if you can then libdvdread should be able access it as well. Simo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]