ColinM Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 (edited) Mandrake 10.1 OE in a new desktop from CDs md5sum checked OK. Clean fresh installation, sole OS. Thrilled with Linux. All programmes working smoothly except I can't play my only DVD. I've tried viewing it using Kaffeine, which plays CDs fine, but when I put in the DVD (which is a new and legitimate DVD PAL code free edition) I get this error message: "The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (/dev/dvd)" There is a disk in the drive, and I'm certain there's no problem with the dvd, it's already been viewed on a dvd player OK. Using urmpi, I downloaded the latest plf and installed libdvdcss and libdvdread succesfully, but I still get the same error message. The setup and setting are pretty much the 'default' ones with Mdk 10.1. This is my first time using Linux. Anybody help? Ta! Edited April 1, 2005 by ColinM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Try mplayer (open a console and type mplayer dvd://). If you get errors post them here. But it sounds like a region problem. Are you sure you installed libdvdcss packages correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 (edited) do this: ll /dev/dvd and see to what it points - it may point to the wrong device, or not be present at all. Edited March 30, 2005 by aRTee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 do this:ll /dev/dvd and see to what it points - it may point to the wrong device, or not be present at all. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you both... I found, downloaded and installed libdvdcss using urpmi, I saw no error messages, and got the final 'Installed successfully' message, so I assume it's OK. I also installed libdvdread too just in case that was essential, but the DVD still gives the same error message. Here's the result of both of your suggestions: [root@localhost colin]# mplayer dvd:// bash: mplayer: command not found [root@localhost colin]# [root@localhost colin]# ll /dev/dvd ls: /dev/dvd: No such file or directory [root@localhost colin]# The DVD clearly states that it is code free, was bought new from Germany, and is meant for worldwide viewing. It's a Christian evangelism DVD, (Reinhard Bonnke, CfaN) so there wouldn't be any reason to restrict viewing to a region. It runs on UK DVD players no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 How about: ls /dev/cdrom If there's no /dev/dvd device, it would seem the system recognises your drive as a CD-ROM drive, not a DVD drive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 addition to what adamw just said, if that is the case, you could do, as root: ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd and try again with kaffeine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 addition to what adamw just said, if that is the case, you could do, as root:ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd and try again with kaffeine. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you Adam and AR, I appreciate your help getting the DVD to function. I tried both suggestions, here's the result: [root@localhost colin]# ls /dev/cdrom /dev/cdrom@ [root@localhost colin]# ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd [root@localhost colin]# Then I opened Kaffeine, put the DVD in, and clicked Play: DVD and got the same error message as before: The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (/dev/dvd) I'm not aware of having changed any of the default settings after instaling Mdk, and everything else has worked fine from a standing start, so why I'm unable to play DVDs, I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 do this:ll /dev/dvd and see to what it points - it may point to the wrong device, or not be present at all. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've just tried this command again, (after trying those subsequent ones), and this is the result: [root@localhost colin]# ll /dev/dvd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 31 10:11 /dev/dvd -> /dev/cdrom [root@localhost colin]# I'm not sure what that signifies, but Kaffeine still gives this error mssg: The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (/dev/dvd) Thanks for your continued help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 (edited) A thought... Kaffeine plays CDs no problem, but I noticed a line of text appearing on the bottom left of the black opening screen... (This is before you select what medium to Play) Error: Pluggin not found for this resource. Would it help to re-install Kaffeine from my CDs? My current installed version (From the Mdk. 10.1 OE cd is Kaffeine 0.43b-7mdk) Edited March 31, 2005 by ColinM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Install mplayer (urpmi mplayer) and try again. :) If mplayer works it's a problem with kaffeine and you can try reinstalling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Install mplayer (urpmi mplayer) and try again. :) If mplayer works it's a problem with kaffeine and you can try reinstalling. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks Devries; Here's what happened, [root@localhost colin]# urpmi mplayer Some package requested cannot be installed: mplayer-1.0-0.pre6.7plf.i586 (due to unsatisfied real-codecs) Continue? (Y/n) n [root@localhost colin]# I chose 'n' so as not to cause problems. If I install mplayer using the MCC which is the best package to choose from the list? According to my MCC listing, NONE of the dozen or so mplayer options shown is 'currently installed'. I appreciate your help, I'm brand new to all this. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 hmmm... @ real codecs try this -> in your mcc->software disable for a moment the PLF urpmi source and then retry the installation. It will then try to install mplayer from your MDK cd's. In theory that should work, because I'm guessing that the PLF version is different from the original MDK one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 hmmm... @ real codecstry this -> in your mcc->software disable for a moment the PLF urpmi source and then retry the installation. It will then try to install mplayer from your MDK cd's. In theory that should work, because I'm guessing that the PLF version is different from the original MDK one. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you. I did what you suggested (I've still got plf disabled) and I installed mplayer thus: [colin@localhost colin]$ su Password: [root@localhost colin]# urpmi mplayer To satisfy dependencies, the following 11 packages are going to be installed (13 MB): fribidi-0.10.4-4mdk.i586 libdha1.0-1.0-0.pre5.7.101mdk.i586 libenca0-1.5-2mdk.i586 libfribidi0-0.10.4-4mdk.i586 libggi-2.0.5-1mdk.i586 libggi2-2.0.5-1mdk.i586 libgii-0.8.5-2mdk.i586 libgii0-0.8.5-2mdk.i586 liblirc0-0.6.6-7mdk.i586 libpostproc0-1.0-0.pre5.7.101mdk.i586 mplayer-1.0-0.pre5.7.101mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) y Please insert the medium named "Installation CD 2 " on device [/dev/hdd] Press Enter when ready... Please insert the medium named "Installation CD 1 " on device [/dev/hdd] Press Enter when ready... http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrak...101mdk.i586.rpm http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrak...101mdk.i586.rpm http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Mandrak...101mdk.i586.rpm installing /mnt/cdrom/media/main/libggi-2.0.5-1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libenca0-1.5-2mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom/media/main/libgii0-0.8.5-2mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom/media/main/libfribidi0-0.10.4-4mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom/media/main/libggi2-2.0.5-1mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom/media/main/fribidi-0.10.4-4mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpostproc0-1.0-0.pre5.7.101mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom/media/main/liblirc0-0.6.6-7mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom/media/main/libgii-0.8.5-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libdha1.0-1.0-0.pre5.7.101mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/mplayer-1.0-0.pre5.7.101mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ################################################## 1:libdha1.0 ################################################## 2:liblirc0 ################################################## 3:libpostproc0 ################################################## 4:libenca0 ################################################## 5:libgii0 ################################################## 6:libggi2 ################################################## 7:libfribidi0 ################################################## 8:libggi ################################################## 9:fribidi ################################################## 10:libgii ################################################## 11:mplayer ################################################## [root@localhost colin]# That seemed OK, so I tried Devries's suggestion again to see what happened, thus... [root@localhost colin]# mplayer dvd:// MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.4.1 © 2000-2004 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster 4170 MHz (Family: 8, Stepping: 9) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal! To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection. Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf Creating config file: /root/.mplayer/config Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 73 audio & 180 video codecs Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such file or directory (it should be readable by the user.) Using usleep() timing Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds 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: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd Exiting... (End of file) [root@localhost colin]# What do you folks make of all that? I tried to use the DVD and I still get the same error mssg. As, I said b4, it may be sugnificant. Bottom left of the Kaffeine black screen, there's a text line. 'Error: No plugin found to handle this resource' This is in addition to the centrally displayed error message which comes up when I click Play> dvd The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (/dev/dvd) Thank you for your help.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Try mplayer -dvd-devices /dev/hdx (where x is the number of the dvd) -dvd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Try mplayer -dvd-devices /dev/hdx (where x is the number of the dvd) -dvd <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Forgive me, but how do I discover the 'number of the dvd' needed to complete your command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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