Mplayer can't play DVD: libdvdnav?

pw_f100_220 · 2010-01-12 04:49:23

mplayer dvd:// failed, and mplayer's website said to try "mplayer -nocache dvdnav://"

I never see the disk in fdisk -l, but this command is at least able to read the title of the dvd...which hints that the device is correct and the disk is mounted (does it not?). I have no idea where to start. The first error is at libdvdnav...

output:

MPlayer SVN-r29776-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
141 audio & 306 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing dvdnav://.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version MPlayer-custom
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav: DVD Title: COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION  
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 38EB5E5B
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/elias/.dvdnav/COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION.map'
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (Input/output error)
No stream found to handle url dvdnav://

Dheart · 2010-01-12 07:51:53

mplayer has shitty support for dvd, use vlc for dvds. Even if the dvd runs, there wouldn't be any menues (mplayer is compiled without dvdmenu support AFAIK, unlike vlc)

Gusar · 2010-01-12 09:59:25

MPlayer actually supports dvd menus quite well.

pw_f100_220, DVDs actually shouldn't be mounted to play them, so unmount it. Other than that, no real idea how to help you, except some guessing - delete (or move out of the way) ~/.dvdcss and ~/.dvdnav and try again.

pw_f100_220 · 2010-01-13 03:08:43

I'm not worried about menus, and I have very limited space...getting mplayer to work is worth the trouble if I don't have to install vlc...not that vlc is bulky or large by any means:)

I tried the guesses...nothing...it worked in ubuntu a couple months ago (food for thought)

thanks so far

Last edited by pw_f100_220 (2010-01-13 03:09:31)

pw_f100_220 · 2010-01-13 03:36:00

just for fun, i installed vlc temporarily to see what it had to say, and it looks like the same errors:

libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav: DVD Title: COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION  
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 38EB5E5B
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/elias/.dvdnav/COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION.map'
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.

grrr. argh.

milomouse · 2010-01-13 06:05:28

Not sure if this matters but how did you compile mplayer's dvd options? I usually do:

 --disable-dvdread-internal --disable-libdvdcss-internal

and make sure I have libdvdcss, libdvdread-svn, and libdvdnav-svn installed before compiling. Also, even though I got mplayer to play dvds I noticed that it would tear sometimes (but this is due to my Intel graphics card) and I tried xine (xine-lib and xine-ui) and it does everything flawlessly. I still like mplayer though but this is food for thought.

BlueRain · 2010-01-15 07:16:10

Try this:

mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd

From here, http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/dvd.html

pw_f100_220 · 2010-02-04 23:52:42

well, no matter what, libdvdnav fails.

However! I have another dvd that does work. No problem.
So the problem is playing this specific dvd, or type since others failed as well...I'll look through other threads. Thanks.

Last edited by pw_f100_220 (2010-02-04 23:57:06)

wonder · 2010-02-04 23:54:12

try with mplayer dvdnav://

pw_f100_220 · 2010-02-05 00:21:47

I did. libdvdnav still fails, but it does print different output:

Playing dvdnav://.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version MPlayer-custom
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav: DVD Title: COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION  
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 38EB5E5B
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/elias/.dvdnav/COOL_HAND_LUKE_SPECIAL_EDITION.map'
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (Input/output error)
No stream found to handle url dvdnav://

Whatever that means.

Works with Looney Tunes!

dyscoria · 2010-02-05 01:34:15

milomouse wrote:

Not sure if this matters but how did you compile mplayer's dvd options? I usually do:
 --disable-dvdread-internal --disable-libdvdcss-internal
and make sure I have libdvdcss, libdvdread-svn, and libdvdnav-svn installed before compiling. Also, even though I got mplayer to play dvds I noticed that it would tear sometimes (but this is due to my Intel graphics card) and I tried xine (xine-lib and xine-ui) and it does everything flawlessly. I still like mplayer though but this is food for thought.

hmm i have much more success relying on the internal mplayer stuff (so I don't have libdvdnav, libdvdread or libdvdcss installed).

all dvd's work great at the moment. some dvd menus are a little bit dodgy, but overall pretty damn good (note: i'm using very recent self compiled mplayer)

milomouse · 2010-02-05 14:36:23

@dyscoria: Since I changed laptops (from nVidia to Intel graphics - don't ask) I haven't had much success with mplayer on a DVD level. I always self compile so that's not really an issue. Recently I updated from the git repo again and I get mplayer to run dvdnav:// without tearing. This is still using external dvd libs, although I may create a second build with a different name to test out the internal libraries, just for comparison for my system. In the past I had horrible experience with internal libs but maybe that has changed with my change in computers...

@pw_f100_220: What version of mplayer are you using? I've always had good experience with mplayer-mt-git from the AUR, even on different computers. Also, have you made sure to set your regioncode? Some dvds don't have a region code so that's why they play and some others dont. There's a program called "regionset" can set your region code if this is the problem.

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Mplayer can't play DVD: libdvdnav?

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