
Thanks for the response Daniel, The output from: ls -la /dev/dvd is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2006-08-07 06:28 /dev/dvd -> hdc The output from: dmesg | grep -i dvd is: [17179574.336000] hdc: MATSHITAUJ-840D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.336000] hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kb Cache, UDMA(33) So is my machine "looking" in the wrong place or does -> hdc include drive hda?? John
Can you please do the following and mail the results back to the list?
ls -la /dev/dvd
dmesg | grep -i dvd
If you inspect the output from that second command, it should (but may not) have a device name such as "hdd" or "sdb" or simmilar. EG, mine looks like:
dmesg | grep -i dvd [17179573.948000] hdd: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.096000] hdd: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2000kB Cache, UDMA(66)
So my DVD drive is on hdd. If you have similar output and can see which device ID it has been given, please do the following as well. replace 'hdd' with the device name of your dvd drive.
ls -la /dev/hdd
Gui MSG Totem cannot playback maybe you do not have the >>> required permissions. Gui MSG Totem cannot play maybe you need libdvdcss2 or download extra plugins
Terminal part msg after doing "totem dvd://" : libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda4 for reading libdvdread: Device /dev/hda4 inaccessible, CSS authentication not available. libdvdread: Can't read name block Probably not a dvd rom >>> device libdvdread: Unable to find map file '/home/john/.dvdnav/ >>> map'

The output from: ls -la /dev/dvd is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2006-08-07 06:28 /dev/dvd -> hdc
The output from: dmesg | grep -i dvd is: [17179574.336000] hdc: MATSHITAUJ-840D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.336000] hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kb Cache, UDMA(33)
So is my machine "looking" in the wrong place or does -> hdc include drive hda??
Well, if using totem to read a DVD still generates an error regarding an inability to read /dev/hda4, something is definitely broken. However, the /dev/dvd link is intact and is pointing at the right place, so I'm a bit stumped.

Have you tried mplayer? It's worth a shot. On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 21:41 +1200, Daniel Lawson wrote:
The output from: ls -la /dev/dvd is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2006-08-07 06:28 /dev/dvd -> hdc
The output from: dmesg | grep -i dvd is: [17179574.336000] hdc: MATSHITAUJ-840D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.336000] hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kb Cache, UDMA(33)
So is my machine "looking" in the wrong place or does -> hdc include drive hda??
Well, if using totem to read a DVD still generates an error regarding an inability to read /dev/hda4, something is definitely broken. However, the /dev/dvd link is intact and is pointing at the right place, so I'm a bit stumped.
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Terminal part msg after doing "totem dvd://" : libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda4 for reading libdvdread: Device /dev/hda4 inaccessible, CSS authentication not available.
This part has me completely stumped. About the only thing I can think of is that somewhere in the process of reading and decoding, CSS keys are supposed to get cached in ~/.dvdcss which is probably on /dev/hda4. Check if this exists and has sensible ownership and permissions perhaps?
libdvdread: Unable to find map file
'/home/john/.dvdnav/ >>> map'
I don't have a .dvdnav directory, and afaik libdvdread isn't looking for one here either. This is odd.
zcat(a)fluffy:~$ ls .dvdnav ls: .dvdnav: No such file or directory zcat(a)fluffy:~$ ls .dvdcss A_CINDERELLA_STORY-2004092111163500-19deac38e6 BBCDVD1088-2001082811210100-a80d5bb2fe BRAZIL-2003031413051100-14e7e225b8 CACHEDIR.TAG DVD_VIDEO-2001051412480400-939a0a3be6 HARRY_POTTER_GOBLET_OF_FIRE-2006011316112300-19deac38e6 LADYHAWKE-2002020612440400-2e90fef723 THE_SANTA_CLAUSE_2-2003091812222700-14e7e225b8 For reference, here's the output I get from totem and mplayer on a correctly working system. zcat(a)fluffy:~$ totem dvd:// libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000160 libdvdread: Elapsed time 1 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00006440 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0000a4c0 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x001f8600 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x001f8620 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB at 0x001f88c0 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x001f88e0 libdvdread: Elapsed time 2 libdvdread: Found 3 VTS's libdvdread: Elapsed time 3 No accelerated IMDCT transform found No accelerated IMDCT transform found No accelerated IMDCT transform found No accelerated IMDCT transform found No accelerated IMDCT transform found ** Message: FIXME: gst_mpeg_demux_sync_stream_to_time zcat(a)fluffy:~$ mplayer dvd:// MPlayer 2:0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 6)CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. 91 audio & 204 video codecs 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. Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... 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 dvd://. libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access Reading disc structure, please wait... There are 3 titles on this DVD. There are 28 chapters in this DVD title. There are 1 angles in this DVD title. libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000160 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00006440 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0000a4c0 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x001f8600 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x001f8620 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB at 0x001f88c0 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x001f88e0 libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 libdvdread: Found 3 VTS's libdvdread: Elapsed time 0 DVD successfully opened. MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 3) 25.000 fps 9800.0 kbps (1225.0 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52 Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform AC3: 2.0 (dolby) 48000 Hz 192.0 kbit/s Using MMX optimized resampler AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 24000->192000) Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52) ========================================================================== Xlib: extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":0.0". ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. Try adding the scale filter, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) ========================================================================== Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??... [AO ESD] latency: [server: 0.28s, net: 0.00s] (adjust 0.28s) AO: [esd] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le... Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [xv] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12 A: 2.5 V: 2.1 A-V: 0.409 ct: 0.211 53/ 53 71% 16% 5.3% 8 0 Exiting... (Quit) zcat(a)fluffy:~$
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