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#1 2006-03-29 01:48:04

Freaky T
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DVDs won't play

DVDs won't play on my computer; while I can mount the dvd fine, (HAL and DBUS take care of this) playing it always results in an error telling me that "/dev/hdc is busy."  I get a similar error if I click the "eject" button in Nautilus, ("eject: unable to open `/dev/hdc'") despite the fact that the disc appears to unmount properly.

I *should* have the proper software installed for dvd playing, and I can play individual VOB files on the disc.

Any ideas?

Thanks!


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#2 2006-03-29 05:11:29

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Re: DVDs won't play

What playing application?


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#3 2006-03-29 11:15:23

sebcactus
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Re: DVDs won't play

Usually the DVD must not be mounted to be played.

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#4 2006-03-29 16:49:49

Freaky T
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Re: DVDs won't play

I've tried it with MPlayer and Totem-xine, and I get similar errors from both:

Totem:
"Failed to open device /dev/hdc for reading: Permission denied"

MPlayer:
"Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/hdc"

This same behavior seems to occur regradless of whether or not the disc is mounted.


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#5 2006-03-29 16:55:31

totzo
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Re: DVDs won't play

have you got libdvdcss installed?


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#6 2006-03-29 17:44:59

jfryman
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Re: DVDs won't play

Maybe a side thought, but just covering all bases: did you add your user to the 'optical' group?

gpasswd -a <user> optical

Also, as totzo mentioned, make sure libdvdcss is installed.

[edit] Sorry about the typo..... appreciate the correction! smile


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#7 2006-03-29 17:50:29

Freaky T
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Re: DVDs won't play

I'm pretty sure libdvdcss isn't the problem, but this is the output I get from that command:

# gpasswd -a optical dan
gpasswd: unknown user optical

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#8 2006-03-29 18:55:26

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Re: DVDs won't play

you have to type it the other way round:
# gpasswd -a USER GROUP
so in your case:
#gpasswd -a dan optical
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#9 2006-03-29 19:22:30

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Re: DVDs won't play

hellwoofa wrote:

you have to type it the other way round:
# gpasswd -a USER GROUP
so in your case:
#gpasswd -a dan optical
smile

Ahh, that was it!

They play properly now, thanks!  big_smile


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