A little help please!

Thu May 3 12:21:17 UTC 2007

This so far was the best map to getting DVD media working I am going to
follow this method to try and get my feisty amd64 working, .but first
here is what I have

I have tried everything as stated below , but of course it does not work.

I have gone in circles with this issue so next time I will start from
scratch again and noting everything,

It does seem a shame though as everything seems to be installed , all my
avi, mov etc. movies play just fine.

I just cannot play ANY store bought DVD movies which played fine on
feisty i386. So I am sure the issue is within the AMD64 release.

*TOTEM output: *
*/(totem:9067): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add `dvd:/' to the list of
recently used resources, but not MIME type was defined
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1.1.4 from http://xine.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access
libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/scd0 mounted on
/media/PHANTOM_MENACE for CSS authentication
libdvdnav: Can't read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device.

The source seems encrypted, and can't be read. Are you trying to play an
encrypted DVD without libdvdcss?
/*
Now for me that's dumb software TOTEM on one hand it shows me the
*/libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access /*/which tells me that it sees
/*/libdvdcss,
/*/but shows the above message anyway ??

Also I have the latest libdvdcss2 and libdvdcss2-dev installed.

*MPLAYER output:  Starts playing but displays garbage, I can see some of
the movie but it is just garbage pixtels.*
 The popup error messages repeat until I kill the program " Too Many
Video Packets in the Buffer:(4096 in 8273326 bytes)

*OGLE* does the same and then quits.

*KAFFEINE  (xine) output:* The source seems encrypted, and can't be read.
Your DVD is probably crypted. According to your country laws, you can or
can't use libdvdcss to be able to read this disc. (Media stream
scrambled/encrypted)

*VLC Plays* like OGLE but somewhat better can view a good screen once
and a while but just a single frame flash mostly garbaged pixtels.

*gxine output: Message from xine engine.

*Encrypted media stream detected
Media stream scrambled/encrypted

*KMplayer (xine,mplayer) *goes blank after the FBI warning and Attention
screens.

On all the above the FBI and ATTENTION screens are clear and readable.

So it seems I am close but still missing something.

/

Bob Cortez wrote:
> On 4/30/07, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote: 
>   
>> On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 01:03 -0800, Bob Cortez wrote:
>>     
>>> If someone would be so
>>> kind as to point me to a clear set of instructions for installing the
>>> necessary codecs to play all media including encrypted DVD's I would
>>> appreciate it.
>>>       
>> I have posted it numerous times in this thread:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
>>
>> Alternatively, go the menu System|Help and search for DVD and/or follow
>> the friendly links to "Music, Video, and Photos".
>>     
>
> First of all, thanks for the links and I did get encrypted DVD's to
> pay on my laptop with Feisty.
>
> However, it wasn't nearly as easy as advertised, and my solution
> doesn't seem to be documented anywhere.
>
> Let's look at the instructions found at > http://www.ubuntuguide.org.
> You need to scroll down a bit and find # 1.19.68 How to play DVD's
> that links to http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_play_DVD.27s
> which instructs users to:
>     *  Install the codecs:
>
> sudo aptitude install libdvdnav4 libdvdplay0 libdvdread3 libdvdcss2
>
>     * Use totem-xine instead of the default "totem-gstreamer":
>
> sudo aptitude remove --purge totem totem-gstreamer
> sudo aptitude install totem-xine
>
> However that doesn't do any good at all unless you follow the
> instructions at: Read #How to add extra repositories >
> http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_add_extra_repositories
> which doesn't specifically say that the restricted codecs needed to
> play encrypted DVD's is located at http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/
>
> Because I've been working on this problem for awhile, I knew I had to
> add the medibuntu repository and install the codecs.  Even doing so,
> Totem-xine refuse to play encrypted DVD's saying I didn't have the
> required codecs installed.
>
> The official documentation however should be much better, clearer and
> accurate - right?  Lets see what
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats tells new users
> about how to get encrypted DVD's to play
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
>
> if you are using Ubuntu 7.04 or later:
>
>     *
>
>       Install the libdvdcss2 package after adding the unsupported
> third-party repository Medibuntu.
>
> ok we go to the link to Medibuntu
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu which tells the new user:
>
>     *
>
>       With your favorite web browser, go to [WWW]
> http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/pool/.
>     *
>
>       Choose the directory labeled as the distribution you are using.
>     *
>
>       Click either free or non-free depending on where the package you
> want to install is located.
>     *
>
>       Go into the directory labelled as the architecture you are using.
>     *
>
>       Save the package you intend to install to your personal
> directory on your hard drive.
>     *
>
>       Right click on the package you just downloaded.
>     *
>
>       Select Ubuntu Package Menu.
>     *
>
>       Choose Install Package.
>
> NOTE: Sometimes while browsing the repository, a "forbidden page"
> message will appear. This happens often and at random times but will
> only last at the most 10 seconds. Keep refreshing the page until you
> can browse the contents of the page. (This issue has been reported,
> we're working on it, see [WWW] Bug #104425)
>
> ---
>
> Now if the user is fortunate enough to get through without hitting the
> "forbidden page" message, and they know what they are looking for
> exactly they can navigate their way to the correct package which in my
> case would be several clicks to get to
> http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/pool/feisty/non-free/i386/
>
> Oh wait... that was just for an individual package, we have to read
> further to find the instructions for adding the repository...
>
>     *
>
>       Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn"
>
> sudo wget http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>
> To exclude getting packages from the non-free component of the
> Medibuntu repository as explained in the previous section, type the
> following command.
>
> sudo sed -e 's/ non-free//' -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>
> Finally, update APT's package information to acquire information about
> packages in the Medibuntu repository.
>
> sudo apt-get update
> -----
>
> Ok... now we're cooking with gas, almost there.
>
> If your wish to install just libdvdcss2, you can first download the
> individual package and then install the package.
>
>     *
>
>       i386
>
> wget http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/pool/feisty/free/i386/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu2+build1_i386.deb
> sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu2+build1_i386.deb
>
> -OR-
>
> if you have added the entire Medibuntu repository, install the package
> using APT.
>
> sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
>
> But wait, there is more...
>
> There are a few formats such as certain Windows formats, Real, and
> Apple Quicktime which do not have native codecs under Linux....
>
> If you wish to install just the individual external codecs package,
> you can first download the individual package and then install the
> package.
>
>     *
>
>       For i386, the package is called w32codecs.
>
> wget http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/pool/feisty/non-free/i386/w32codecs_20061022-0medibuntu1+build1_i386.deb
> sudo dpkg -i w32codecs_20061022-0medibuntu1+build1_i386.deb
>
>     *
>
> -OR-
>
> If you have added the entire Medibuntu repository, install the package
> using APT.
>
>     *
>
>       For i386, the package is called w32codecs.
>
> sudo apt-get install w32codecs
>
>     *
>
> -----
>
> After following everything as described above including replacing
> totem using gstream with totem-exine Totem refused to play an
> encrypted DVD.
>
> So I ditched Totem and installed VLC which worked, but it wasn't
> launching when a DVD was inserted.  I had to go to
> Systems|Preferences|Drives and Media|MultiMedia and insert
> /usr/bin/vlc %d in the command line for Video DVD Discs.
>
> Shazzam! It works just that EASY. ;)
>
> Now compare that to Automatix or either of the major proprietary OS's
> setting up to play an encrypted DVD.  Why haven't the best and the
> brightest Ubuntu developers come up with a comparable solution?  Is it
> because they can't, won't or don't care?
>
> If we are really interested in getting Ubuntu into the mainstream, we
> have a long way to go for the 'average' computer user who expects to
> just insert a CD/DVD and  have it play.
>
> Next, I'll be looking to sync my MP3 player with my music library on
> an external HD.  I'll wait until I have another weekend to spend on
> fussing with Ubuntu.
>
> Bob
>
>   