Vlc won't play DVD's on Ubuntu, or Kubuntu Intrepid
Karl F. Larsen
klarsen1 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 6 16:40:13 UTC 2009
Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Friday 06 February 2009 16:30, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>
>> Nigel Henry wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday 06 February 2009 08:30, Mario Vukelic wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 22:06 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Which package exactly is the one the one
>>>>> that hopefully will resolve my vlc problem.
>>>>>
>>>> See here for details:
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
>>>>
>>> Hi Mario.
>>>
>>> I've already got the libdvdcss2 package installed, and as I said on my
>>> previous post, Kaffeine, Xine, Totem, and Ogle play dvd's ok on Intrepid,
>>> and also the Hardy version of vlc plays dvd's ok on Intrepid. I'ts only
>>> the Intrepid version of vlc which is having problems.
>>>
>>> Since I installed the bunch of packages that came with
>>> ubuntu-restricted-extras, Intrepids vlc plays for a bit longer before
>>> coming to a stop. For example, the menu, which is a bit like a trailer,
>>> plays for 6 secs, then the sound starts to break up, and at 9secs the
>>> video goes static, and the sound stops. Vlc appears to be still running
>>> the trailer though, as the progress bar is moving, the time is still
>>> clocking up seconds, the harddrive is showing activity, and the light on
>>> the optical drive is going on and off every half second or so. If I
>>> advance the progress bar, it again will play a few secs of sound and
>>> video, then stops again.
>>>
>>> If I slow the playback down to half speed, the trailer plays right
>>> through, then repeats, with no problem. It just won't play at normal
>>> speed.
>>>
>>> Nigel.
>>>
>> This sounds like a problem not with the codex but with the actual
>> VLC software. Or it is not being read of the DVD properly. I would
>> remove the current VLC software and reload it. My 8.10 with Gnome works
>> just fine.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>
> Hi Karl.
>
> Weird isn't it. First time I've ever had a problem with vlc. I've just tried
> starting it on the command line with the -v 2 option, which gives max verbose
> output, and some of the output is below. When vlc comes to a stop, there are
> a whole bunch of "main audio output warnings".
>
> I think that I already have re-installed it, but I'll give it another go. As
> I say, it's not just on Ubuntu Intrepid, but the same on Kubuntu Intrepid,
> but now I've removed the Kubuntu Intrepid vlc, and replaced it with the
> earlier version from Hardy, which works with no problems, as vlc always has
> done.
>
> Output below from running vlc as, vlc -v 2
>
> [00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
> [00000378] playlist demux warning: invalid <playlist> attribute:"xmlns:vlc"
> [00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to
> use vlc without interface.
> libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.2 from http://dvd.sf.net
> libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
> [00000410] dvdnav demux warning: cannot open dvdnav
> [00000415] vcdx access warning: Can't get file status for 2:
> No such file or directory
> [00000415] vcdx access warning: could not retrieve file info for `2': No such
> file or directory
> [00000415] vcdx access warning: can't open nrg image file 2 for reading
> [00000415] access_directory access error: 2: No such file or directory
> [00000415] access_mmap access warning: cannot open 2: No such file or
> directory
> [00000415] access_file access error: cannot open file 2 (No such file or
> directory)
> [00000415] cdda access warning: could not open 2
> [00000409] main input error: open of `2' failed: could not create access: no
> suitable access module
> libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.2 from http://dvd.sf.net
> libdvdnav: DVD Title: WILL_HAY_WINDBAG_THE_SAILOR
> libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 3EF757C6___MVB__
> libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative):
> libdvdnav: Unable to find map file
> '/home/djmons/.dvdnav/WILL_HAY_WINDBAG_THE_SAILOR.map'
> libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fd0000. Regions: 2
> [00000464] xvideo video output warning: no free XVideo port found for format
> 0x30323449 (I420)
> [00000464] xvideo video output warning: no free XVideo port found for format
> 0x32595559 (YUY2)
> [00000464] xvideo video output warning: no free XVideo port found for format
> 0x36315652 (RV16)
> QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
> QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
> [00000463] main decoder warning: dts != current_pts (-139147)
> [00000463] main decoder warning: backward_pts != current_pts (-40000)
> [00000476] a52 decoder: A/52 channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:192000
> [00000494] message scale warning: message queue overflowed
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting
> resampling (71030)
> [00000478] main audio output warning: buffer is 71030 late, triggering
> upsampling
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-25526), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting
> resampling (49063)
> [00000478] main audio output warning: buffer is 48718 late, triggering
> upsampling
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-13467), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting
> resampling (61262)
> [00000478] main audio output warning: buffer is 77980 late, triggering
> upsampling
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-37291), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: buffer is 44563 late, triggering
> upsampling
> [00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (2565),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (46901), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (14915),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (18794), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9217), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-16642), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting
> resampling (64300)
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (19328), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9155), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-37161), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (62372),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (30942), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (62681),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (2889), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (30850), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (2937), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-24461), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting
> resampling (64429)
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (46958), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (18904), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (114483),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (114997), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (125281),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (86918), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (58927), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (74956), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (46954), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (18936), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-8216), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-37050), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-830), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (9938),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: input PTS is out of range (31357),
> trashing
> [00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (3239),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-28720), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (62995),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (63080), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (73785),
> clearing out
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (37723), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (7022), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (102989), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (74975), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (178873), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (147443), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (119045), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (91007), dropping
> buffer
> [00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (63653), dropping
> buffer
> [0000
>
> The above warnings go on until I close vlc.
>
> Nigel.
>
>
I hope someone can read and decide what's wrong. I am not an expert
and like you I have for some time just loaded VLC and enjoyed using it
without a single problem. You need to find a handle on the problem.
Karl
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