[MPlayer-users] dvd play problem (scrambled)

[Giacomo Comes]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:49:19PM -0400, Adrian Grajdeanu wrote:
> Ok, here is a bit of an update on the problem. Maybe someone can help me 
> track the issue down...
> 
>             desktop       notebook
> mplayer       ok            fail
> xine          ok            fail
> vobcopy       ok*           fail
> 
> the ok* means that it failed before I had xine installed, but worked 
> almost fine after installing xine (brought in some other packages as 
> well, libdvdcss among them). The failure of vobcopy on the desktop, 
> before installing xine, was exactly the same as far as symptoms go on 
> the notebook (same scrambled image and jumpy sound). That while mplayer 
> worked fine.
> These manifestations lead me to believe the following:
> -both vobcopy and xine rely on libdvdcss, while mplayer doesn't.

In general all kind of software needs libdvdcss in order to decrypt encrypted
dvd. MPlayer has an internal copy of libdvdcss and it doesn't need an external
libdvdcss (unless it is compiled with libdvdnav support, in such case also
MPlayer needs an external libdvdcss)

> -my problem on the notebook is one of failing to unscramble (both 
> mplayer and vobcopy/xine).
> 
> But other scrambled DVDs play well on the notebook, so what is so 
> special about this particular one (Revenge of the Sith) and how can I 
> fix it???

Could it be that you need to set the region of the dvd drive?

Giacomo