new dvd drive won't play dvds, but old one can

Juan Kawada juankawada at gmail.com
Sun Aug 24 22:50:13 UTC 2008


Ok boot problem has been solved. and this problem has changed since I first
posted it.

Here's an update with a little more info.
I bought a new dvd drive, because my old one has been becoming increasingly
unreliable, and doesn't always play dvds, and makes loud noises etc.
So I installed the new drive and my problem was that It couldn't play dvds,
and when I had a dvd in both drives, no matter what dvd I clicked on, it
would play the one in the old drive. It wouldn't play regardless of what
program I used.

Then I changed a setting in kaffeine (like jonas told me to do). I told
kaffeine to look to the new dvd drive when playing a dvd, and the problem
reversed itself. Now dvds in the old drive don't play, but dvds in the new
one do.  This would be fine with me, except that it's a frusterating
problem, and I see no reason that it should do this.

in response to Sylviane et Perry White, When I tell kubuntu to open the dvd
instead of play it, it'll open the correct one.

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Sylviane et Perry White
<spwhite at freesurf.ch> wrote:

> On Thursday 21 August 2008 19:52, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 August 2008 18:01, Juan Kawada wrote:
> > > Ok so now dvds play in the new drive but not the old.
> > > when I have a dvd in my new drive, and I insert one into the old, It'll
> > > pop up with the dialog asking me what to do.
> (*) see bottom of the post
> > > I can select play with
> > > kaffeine, but it'll play the dvd in the new drive instead of the one it
> > > just asked me to play.
> >
> > It's good that your now able to play DVD's on the new drive.
> >
> > The thing is with apps that can play DVD's, is that they are set up to
> use
> > one drive. Of course you can normally change this in the settings for the
> > app, and point the app to use a specific drive.
> One drive? I didn't know that.
> >
> (snip)
> > I've just had a look in kaffeine on my new machine that only has one
> > optical drive (the dvd one). Go to Settings/xine Engine Parameters/media.
> > If I go down the list I see under "dvd. device", that it's pointing to
> > /dev/dvd (which in my case as I only have 1 dvd drive is correct).
> >
> > You will have to look in kaffeines settings, and see what it shows. If
> the
> > dvd device is shown as /dev/dvd, and with a dvd in each drive, kaffeine
> > plays the one in the new drive, then /dev/dvd is the new drive. Change
> the
> > line so that it shows as /dev/dvd1, click apply, and ok. You may have to
> > close kaffeine, and restart it (not sure). That aside try playing a dvd
> > from your old drive again. Now kaffeine should be pointing to the old dvd
> > drive, and the dvd should play.
> >
> > Obviously if the new drive is /dev/dvd1, change it to /dev/dvd in
> kaffeines
> > settings.
> >
> > 2ยข worth of hopefully usefull info.
> >
> > Nigel.
> (*)So Nigel, you suggest the settings have to be done in the app (kaffeine
> or
> whatever the app is).
> I don't know how it really behaves but I belive the system, and not the
> app,
> *should* be responsible to deal with the CD/DVD that has just been
> inserted,
> and when it asks what to do with it, it should
> open/kafeine-play/whatewer...
> that drive and no other.
> If indeed you *have* to look in kaffeine's setting for this matter I would
> consider this as a bug (system or kaffeine).
>
> Let's hope the OP Juan quickly solves his boot record problem and tell us
> what
> happens if instead of asking to play he asks to open the drive...will it
> also
> open the dvd in the new drive?
>
> Perry
>
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