mpayer /vlc cannot read dvd

[alan52]

Having problems trying to get video players to read a dvd.
Mounted hdc and used /dev/dvd to start the players but error message"couldn't read block0) * VLC
Mplayer refuses to run without any eror messages.

Any Ideas!!!

[tinypoodle]

'mplayer -v' for verbose output.

[alan52]

re installed VLc but still will not read dvd, below is verbose report, Any ideas?


tc@box:~$ vlc -v
VLC media player 1.1.3 The Luggage (revision exported)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot read /tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins-04041e-1f8.dat (No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_http_plugin.so' (libproxy.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_jack_plugin.so' (libjack.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_mtp_plugin.so' (libmtp.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libv4l2_plugin.so' (libv4l2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libv4l_plugin.so' (libv4l1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libjack_plugin.so' (libjack.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libpulse_plugin.so' (libpulse.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libflac_plugin.so' (libFLAC.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libx264_plugin.so' (libx264.so.85: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/misc/libsvg_plugin.so' (librsvg-2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/services_discovery/libmtp_plugin.so' (libmtp.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/services_discovery/libudev_plugin.so' (libudev.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libxcb_glx_plugin.so' (libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc warning: cannot create /tmp/tcloop/vlc/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins-04041e-1f8.dat.5732 (Read-only file system)
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc error: option http-user-agent does not exist
[0x94c50d4] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")
Blocked: call to sigaction(17, 0xb3bf00e4, 0xb3bf0058)
Xlib:  extension "SYNC" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "SYNC" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "SYNC" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "SYNC" missing on display ":0.0".
[0x95c83d4] qt4 interface warning: Input option: vcd-caching=300
[0x96a655c] vcd access error: no movie tracks found
[0x9614d4c] main input error: open of `vcd:///dev/cdrom' failed: (null)
Xlib:  extension "SYNC" missing on display ":0.0".

[alan52]

mplayer verbose

tc@box:~$  mplayer -v
MPlayer dev-SVN-r27471-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ (Family: 15, Model: 79, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/tc/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /home/tc/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/tc/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Usage:   mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename



At least mplayer attempts to do something!!

[gerald_clark]

Did you read the info file for vlc regarding optional dependencies?

[tinypoodle]

Output of mplayer appears to be fine, besides from the fact that your version is older than Mplayer-nodeps.tcz (which I would recommend whenever you get an opportunity to switch).

I meant to imply that you would use the '-v' option in addition to the regular syntax of what you try to achieve.

[Jason W]

Xine and Mplayer often require libdvdcss to read a DVD.  I am not sure if VLC requires it outside of it's normal install as I have not used it for DVD.  And normally I don't mount the drive to read a dvd