DVD Probs...

I finally got my Mandriva 2006 DVD (Powerpack Ed.) and installed it (Glad to get rid of SuSE).
Overall, i’m very satisfied with the result, it does everything i need it to Except play DVD’s.
I set up the repositories, installed the required Codecs and all that but when i try to play a DVD i get these error’s in Xine and MPlayer respectively:
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Any help would be appreciated :slight_smile:

pelvis_3

Hey…

Welcome to the club… with me MPlayer cannot access the dvd (whatever tht means…)
If you do find a solution…please let me know.

Have you tried VLC?

[ot]I cannot get it because like the :swear: I am, for some bizarr reason, I removed most of my repositories and now cannot seem to be able to add new ones. So I cannot get VLC myself. But that is for another thread…[/ot]

Apart from making sure you have all the necessary codecs I cannot think what else to do. Can the player actualy play the *.VOB files ? Is it just the DVD it cannot access? Can you play other formats like mpeg or avi?

Try and post your Q on the mandriva club forum.

Make sure that the packages libdvdcss and libdvdread are installed otherwise mpalyer won’t play the file.

I haven’t tried VLC yet, but i will, thanks.
I can play all other files except DVD’s, .VOB files and .WMV files.
This happens on every DVD i try, so im assuming it’s a missing Codec or package somewhere along the lines i missed.
I’ve installed all the libdvd, Xine, MPlayer, Kaffiene, css and win32 stuff but still the same :frowning:

Addis is correct, do as he says! :slight_smile: Those packages enable Linux software to play encrypted DVDs.

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Addis is correct, do as he says! :slight_smile: Those packages enable Linux software to play encrypted DVDs.
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I have those installed and it doesn’t make any diffenerce.
I also tired deleting and re-installing them but still the same :frowning:

[ul]
[li] libdvdcss – If you plan on watching encrypted DVDs in Linux, you need this.
[/li][li] libdvdnav4 – Ditto.
[/li][li] libdvdcss2 - “
[/li][li] libdvdplay0 - “
[/li][li] libdvdcontrol9 - “
[/li][/ul]

…Then play the DVD this way:
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5361/xinedvd0wg.th.png

It works now :slight_smile:
I deleted all the codecs and re-installed them along with Xine and MPlayer!
I think it was because i had libdvdcss2 installed intsead od libdvdcss :x:

Cheers all
pelvis_3