VLC - Two problems (no sound and crashes)

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I downloaded VLC to test watching DVDs on my box. I could start the DVD and it plays smoothly, but there is no sound at all. I've tried everything listed on their site:

 

Make sure esd is running

Make sure esd is NOT running

Choose OSS

Make sure Enable Audio is selected

Etc...

 

Now as far as the crashing, it locks up on the same frame each time and this is the error in the console:

[00000138] main input error: failed allocating a new buffer (decoder stuck?)

 

Repeated over and over until I kill it. Any ideas?

I've tried to install Xine, but I have dependency issues (I'm using MDK 8.1)

 

I've also tried PowerDVD, but the DVD will not play at all. It gives me this error:

Error code: 89030000

Caused: PENG_ERRNO_UNKNOWN_FORMAT

No Detail

 

Edit: I have 2 DVD Drives:

 

NEC DV-5700A

Sony DVD RW DRU-500AX

 

And both have the same problem. They both play audio CDs fine.

[Guest fubar::chi]

VLC must have an newer version out by now. and I'm sure that if you add plf to you're urpmi sources that you could get xine working. I used to use vlc so i may be able to help if you still want to use it (or ogle).

vlc>xine>mplayer>ogle>mplayer+xine w/d5d :mystilol:

about the crash: well if powerdvd isn't playing (windows yes?) then the disc is probably bad. Crashing at the same frame is usually a good sign of this.

about the sound: is alsa using oss emulation (i forget what 8.1 used as default, or if alsa was even about then)

[Steve Scrimpshire]

vlc-0.5.3 is what I am using. urpmi problems are another issue altogether. ;) I don't even know if I am using alsa or esd or oss or whatever....lol

 

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by

ip_nat_irc              2368   0  (unused)

ip_nat_ftp              2976   0  (unused)

ppp_deflate             2992   0  (autoclean)

zlib_inflate           19072   0  (autoclean) [ppp_deflate]

zlib_deflate           18592   0  (autoclean) [ppp_deflate]

bsd_comp                4064   0  (autoclean)

ppp_async               6416   1  (autoclean)

ppp_generic            19712   3  (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]

slhc                    4672   0  (autoclean) [ppp_generic]

hcfpciserial           22400   2  (autoclean)

hcfpciengine          886240   0  (autoclean) [hcfpciserial]

hcfpciosspec           15536   1  (autoclean) [hcfpciserial hcfpciengine]

nvidia               1546752  10  (autoclean)

es1371                 26384   1 

soundcore               3568   4  [es1371]

ac97_codec             10048   0  [es1371]

floppy                 46800   0  (autoclean)

ipt_REJECT              2880   2  (autoclean)

ipt_limit                880  10  (autoclean)

ip_conntrack_irc        3120   1  (autoclean)

ipt_MASQUERADE          1312   2  (autoclean)

ipt_state                576  12  (autoclean)

ipt_LOG                 3408  10 

ip_conntrack_ftp        3824   1 

iptable_mangle          2128   0  (autoclean) (unused)

iptable_nat            15120   3  (autoclean) [ip_nat_irc ip_nat_ftp ipt_MASQUERADE]

ip_conntrack           17392   4  (autoclean) [ip_nat_irc ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_irc ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_state ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat]

iptable_filter          1680   1  (autoclean)

ip_tables              10976  10  [ipt_REJECT ipt_limit ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_state ipt_LOG iptable_mangle iptable_nat iptable_filter]

printer                 6576   0 

usb-ohci               17952   0  (unused)

il                     58208   1  (autoclean)

ntfs                   49968   0  (autoclean)

vfat                    9776   0  (autoclean)

fat                    30464   0  (autoclean) [vfat]

unix                   13680 112  (autoclean)

reiserfs              164672   3

 

and I'm using PowerDVD for Linux...haven't tried anything in Windows....guess I should to see if it is a bad disk.

[Guest fubar::chi]

wow that was fast. powerdvd for linux? is is free download? plf mirrors for 8.1 are here http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/8.1/i586/ you may need contrib too. don't know

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Yes, PowerDVD for Linux is a free download, but I can't get it to work:

http://www.slinux.net/modules.php?name=Dow...rDVD_2.55_Linux

Under configuration there is an option to chose which drive to use as default, but it is greyed out and won't let me select anything and gives me above error. PowerDVD in WinXP works marvelously, sound and all in both drives (sound is a little lower than I'd like). There is no problem at the frame that I get the freeze in Linux on.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Got Xine installed successfully and it works well. I have volume and the DVD does not hang anywhere. Downloading plugins now. Thanks.

[Guest fubar::chi]

We aim to please.

[Guest ndeb]

I don't even know if I am using alsa or esd or oss or whatever....lol

Actually, these are different things:

ALSA and OSS are sound drivers (they talk to sound hardware directly)

ESD is a sound server (works with either ALSA or OSS drivers)

 

Got Xine installed successfully and it works well. I have volume and the DVD does not hang anywhere. Downloading plugins now. Thanks.

U could try ogle too. Who needs stuff like PowerDVD when there are players like ogle and xine for linux ?

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Well, I got xine working, but since I got scsi-emulation working for my new dvd-writer (/dev/hdd), it won't play from it and will only play from my old dvd rom (/dev/hdc). I get an error saying

        - xine engine error -

Input plugin failed to open mrl 'dvd:/'

[Guest fubar::chi]

you've got to change the link to /dev/dvd to you're new writer. this kinda sucks cause that means you have to fiddle with it every time you change drives so i'd just suggest leaving it as is and just using the other one to play dvds.