[MPlayer-users] libdvdread: Can't seek to block

Tue Nov 26 00:06:32 CET 2002

Sorry about that - I missed the points about it playing other DVDs okay.  
Well, as you clearly pointed out, Windowz players normally check the region 
code before playing.

Many times the first title on a DVD is NOT the title you want to play, it's 
the ROOT MENU (that loops), a language menu, a special features menu, or 
something of the sort. And if I'm not mistaken, mplayer doesn't really 
support DVD menus just yet. Anyway, I just tired to play my Billy Joel - The 
Ultimate Collection DVD with your command line but it was garbage. I started 
again with 'mplayer -nofs -ao oss -dvd 2' and it played just fine.

Dave

----Original Message Follows----
From: Zennon Poliboda <zennon at polbox.com>
Reply-To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] libdvdread: Can't seek to block
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:14:54 +0100

[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
I thought of it too. But at the end of my message, there were few additional 
points. Namely:

2. The same DVD plays OK in a standalone player

3. The same DVD plays OK in _the same_ drive in _the same_ pc when using a 
windowz player... :-(

4. Some other DVDs play more or less flawlessly using mplayer.

There might be something with the regions, because I suspect the DVD to be 
region 1, while the player _might_ be region 2 (I can't tell for sure 
because I uploaded a patched firmware into it).  However the point [3.] 
above... ?

David C. Diemer wrote:

>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>Zennon,
>
>I've seen this type of problem with DVDs from regions outside your 
>allowable one. For example, I prefer region 1 DVDs and my DVD player is 
>region set for the USA, so far so good. But right now, I'm in Europe 
>(Germany) and mostly they have here is region 2 DVDs (Europe, not the USA 
>or South Africa(!)). So, when the DVD is inserted and libdvdread wants to 
>read the DVD, it uses the region programmed on the DVD and merges it with 
>the region code in the player to produce a "key" that is used to read the 
>encrypted blocks.
>
>This is one possibility.
>
>The other is that your DVD player is damaged or the DVD you're trying to 
>play is bad.
>
>Could you fill me if any of these is correct?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Zennon Poliboda <zennon at polbox.com>
>Reply-To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
>To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
>Subject: [MPlayer-users] libdvdread: Can't seek to block
>Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:23:27 +0100
>
>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>Hi all.
>
>This seems to be the old problem as ggogle tells a lot about this but 
>anyways can't find the solution.
>
>The problem is:
>
>1. I insert a DVD into the drive, I issue the command:
>
>silverdr at vessa:~$ mplayer -dvd 1
>
>and I get the results as below.
>
>****************************************************************
>Using GNU internationalization
>Original domain: messages
>Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
>Current domain: mplayer
>Current dirname: /usr/share/locale
>
>
>MPlayer 0.90pre10-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)
>
>CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP 
>Multiprocessor/Athlon XP eXtreme Performance (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
>MMX2 supported but disabled
>CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
>Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE
>
>Reading /home/silverdr/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open 
>'/home/silverdr/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
>Reading /etc/codecs.conf: 44 audio & 110 video codecs
>font: can't open file: /home/silverdr/.mplayer/font/font.desc
>Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
>Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
>Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system 
>startup scripts.
>Using usleep() timing
>Can't open input config file /home/silverdr/.mplayer/input.conf : No such 
>file or directory
>Input config file /etc/input.conf parsed : 50 binds
>Setting up lirc support...
>mplayer: could not connect to socket
>mplayer: No such file or directory
>Failed opening lirc support!
>You won't be able to use your remote control
>
>Playing DVD title 1
>Using CSS Key-cache dir: /home/silverdr/.mplayer/DVDKeys/UNDEFINED
>Reading disc structure, please wait...
>There are 2 titles on this DVD.
>There are 8 chapters in this DVD title.
>There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
>DVD successfully opened!
>Cache fill:  0,00% (0 bytes)    libdvdread: Can't seek to block 1787007
>libdvdread: Can't seek to block 1787007
>libdvdread: Can't seek to block 1787007
>libdvdread: Can't seek to block 1787007
>libdvdread: Can't seek to block 1787007
>libdvdread: Can't seek to block 1787007
>libdvdread: Can't seek to block 1787007
>libdvdread: Can't seek to block 1787007
>============ Sorry, this file format is not recognized/supported 
>=============
>=== If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the author! 
>===
>
>
>Exiting... (End of file)
>silverdr at vessa:~$
>
>******************************************************************
>
>
>2. The same DVD plays OK in a standalone player
>
>3. The same DVD plays OK in _the same_ drive in _the same_ pc when using a 
>windowz player... :-(
>
>4. Some other DVDs play more or less flawlessly using mplayer.
>
>Any clues?
>
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