How to play a dvd in ubuntu???

[X_CheshireCat_x]

I cannot get Ubuntu to play DVDs... i have installed:

ubuntu-restricted-extras
VLC
OGLE
libdvdcss2
libdvdread3

possibly others but i cant remember i have tried so many things.

totem says it cant read the disc
VLC spins the disc then does nothing
OGLE on first attempt opens the first split second of the disc then closes. subsequent attempts results in OGLE closing with no picture. can't i just download a player that will play DVDs after install? VLC works straight after install on my windows machine i'd quite like something that works just as easily...

thanks

[pytheas22]

If possible, could you try another DVD just so we're sure it's not the disc itself causing the problem? Also, are you able to play stuff using the same drive in Windows (if you have a dual-boot system)? All you should really have to do is install ubuntu-restricted-extras, so I want to make sure there's not a media/hardware problem.

You could also give it a shot with mplayer:

sudo apt-get install mplayer

Once you installed, you have to right-click to tell it to open a menu where you can select the disc to play.

Please report back with the information above and we can take it from there.

[X_CheshireCat_x]

hey.. ive installed mplayer but it doesnt open the disc. the video screen remains blank when i right click and open the disc.
im not running dual boot on this computer - its 100 ubuntu i'm using VLC on another.. i did use VLC on this one when it was on XP and it worked fine...

[mc4man]

Open vlc from the terminal, try to playback a disc and read/post error messages

[werries]

maybe this will help?
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2765/...e_dvd_playback

[rainwalker]

I'm having the same problem here. This is the output when running Totem from a terminal and trying to play the DVD:

*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:735
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:735
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04

- Repeat about 50 times, occasionally value changes to 0x05 or similar -

*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:735
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x08

*** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:714 ***
*** for cell_playback[i].first_sector <= cell_playback[i].last_vobu_start_sector ***


*** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:714 ***
*** for cell_playback[i].first_sector <= cell_playback[i].last_vobu_start_sector ***


*** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:714 ***
*** for cell_playback[i].first_sector <= cell_playback[i].last_vobu_start_sector ***


*** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:714 ***
*** for cell_playback[i].first_sector <= cell_playback[i].last_vobu_start_sector ***

*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:735
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:735
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04

- Repeat about 50 more times, value occasionally changes to 0x05 or similar -

*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:735
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:735
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x08
OIL: ERROR liboiltest.c 361: oil_test_check_impl(): illegal instruction in mmxCombineAddU
The program 'totem' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
(Details: serial 60 error_code 11 request_code 140 minor_code 19)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Then, here is the output while trying to open the DVD with VLC, notice that it's similar:

libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 0.1.10 from http://dvd.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access
libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/hdc mounted on /media/cdrom0 for CSS authentication
libdvdnav: Can't read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device.
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/dragon/.dvdnav/.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 0x0000016b
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x000008bf
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00000977
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0

- Repeats about 50 times, only "at" value changes -

libdvdread: Found 12 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04

- Repeats around 50 times, value occasionally changes to 0x06 or similar -

for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x08
The program '.' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
(Details: serial 89 error_code 11 request_code 140 minor_code 19)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Any ideas?

[mc4man]

The first thing to ck. is a region set on the drive? Install regionset then with a dvd in the drive run regionset and see if it says set on this line - type: set

[rainwalker]

mc4man, does this line have anything to do with that:

libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fe0000. Regions: 1

I haven't installed regionset yet, I was just wondering

[bla]

The players in linux can't set region for hardware. Play it in windows than restart and try in linux. Or find some guides to set region in linux using the regionset tool. remember that if you have a dvd any region other than what you have your player set at, you can't play the disc. Basically it is impossible to play foreign legal dvd's in linux. If you try to change the region each time, your hardware will lock after the 5th time to the last region...

You're best bet is watching dvd's in windows until anydvd works in linux.

[pytheas22]

Basically it is impossible to play foreign legal dvd's in linux. If you try to change the region each time, your hardware will lock after the 5th time to the last region...

I'm pretty sure this isn't correct...I don't know whether or Linux can actually change the region setting of the drive. But I know it can just ignore the region setting and play whatever it wants. I play European DVDs in mplayer on my American DVD drive all the time. So it is definitely possible.

EDIT: from http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/...WTO/prep.html:

2.3. Setting the DVD Region

All DVD drives (except for RPC Phase I drives made in 1999 or before) enforce region playback restrictions in the drive firmware and consequently are supposed to be set to a specific region before they can play back discs from that region (and only that region). In reality, most Linux DVD playback software can bypass the DVD drive's built-in region locks, but it takes extra time for the software to break the region lock, and it is better to avoid the complications of region locks if you can.

For the small minority of readers who own RPC-I drives, you do not need to do anything: your drive is already capable of handling DVDs from all geographical regions. These drives are old enough by now that everybody who has one of them probably knows already that they have one.

For the majority of readers who have RPC-II drives, there are several options available:

1. If you only watch discs from one region, the easiest option is to use the regionset program to set your DVD drive to the correct region.
2. If you want to watch discs from multiple regions, you can try to find a firmware upgrade for your DVD drive in the firmware-flash.com collection of unofficial firmware files. Note that most of these files require you to boot to DOS or Windows to install.
3. You can buy a separate DVD drive for each DVD region that you wish to use. The prices for DVD-ROM drives have dropped low enough to make this strategy feasible.
4. Of course, you can simply do nothing, and rely on the built-in ability of Linux software to bypass the region restrictions. Note that even in this case you should use the regionset program to set the drive to the region that you will be using the most, because an RPC-II drive without a region setting behaves as if all the regions are locked out.