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gummibaerchen

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Registered: 2007-07-20

Posts: 109

DVDs won't play in Totem [solved]

Hi,

I just installed archlinux x86_64 some days ago on my all new Santa Rosa laptop and that was by far the best thing I could have done.

I have just two problems, both connected to multimedia.

My first problem is, that I can not play DVDs with Totem.

First I though that was because my DVD drive had no regioncode, but even after setting this it still doesn't work

When I insert the DVD Totem starts automatically, but then just shows:
"Totem cannot play this type of media (DVD) because you do not have the appropriate plugins to handle it."

But I think I have installed all the packages needed:

[root@mobile ~]# pacman -Qs dvd
local/gstreamer0.10-dvdread 0.10.6-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
    GStreamer dvdread plugin
local/libdvdcss 1.2.9-2
    libdvdcss is a cross-platform library for transparent DVD device access with on-the-fly CSS decryption.
local/libdvdread 0.9.7-1
    libdvdread provides a simple foundation for reading DVD video disks

Thanks for your help!

Last edited by gummibaerchen (2007-07-21 12:54:34)

loupy

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Registered: 2006-10-31

Posts: 77

Re: DVDs won't play in Totem [solved]

Have you tried totem-xine?  I don't have totem gstreamer installed, but all my DVDs work fine in Arch64 using totem-xine.

JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: DVDs won't play in Totem [solved]

I think you need additional plugins like mpeg2dec to actually play the video on the DVD.

gummibaerchen

Member

Registered: 2007-07-20

Posts: 109

Re: DVDs won't play in Totem [solved]

Have you tried totem-xine?  I don't have totem gstreamer installed, but all my DVDs work fine in Arch64 using totem-xine.

No, I heard that there are less or no problems with xine when it comes to play DVDs, but my first approach is to solve everything with gstreamer.

But I will save that in mind as a final solution.

I think you need additional plugins like mpeg2dec to actually play the video on the DVD.

Hmm, I installed gstreamer0.10-mpeg2dec and later after that was no help either even all gstreamer0.10-plugins, but it is still not working

Thanks for your answers

thepizzaking

Member

From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Registered: 2006-03-13

Posts: 46

Re: DVDs won't play in Totem [solved]

I get the same error if I try to open a DVD from the menu.  Instead, you can choose 'Open Location' and enter 'dvd://' it plays fine (though no menu).  For other titles you just add the title number to the end ie 'dvd://1' for title 1 and 'dvd://2' for title 2.

gummibaerchen

Member

Registered: 2007-07-20

Posts: 109

Re: DVDs won't play in Totem [solved]

hmm, it's a bit annoying that way with some DVDs, but at least it works. thanks

But as lng as totem/gstreamer has no good DVD support I would recommend ogle, that player is really good!