Problem with newer DVD's in ubuntu 10.04 (Video-Player)

[Basil Chupin]

On 09/09/2010 19:32, Leander Jedamus wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Has anybody the same problem looking a DVD, which is bought recently (it
> is for example "Brust oder Keule", which is not new) ?
> I tried Video-Player, but it just exits without an error message.
> In gxine, it says "Error reading NAV_packet" or "Encrypted or faulty DVD".
> But under Vista, the media player plays the DVD without problem.
>
> What can I do now?
>    

One of the things I have noticed with any DVD reader in a Linux distro 
is that they are *VERY* intolerant to bad sectors on a DVD. Scratches or 
other marks upset the " readers" - like xine or kaffeine or even vlc - 
greatly.

On the other hand, Windows applications seem to have an inbuilt 
tolerance to such bad sectors.

What I would suggest is that you firstly clean the DVD with methylated 
spirits (metho) - ie, denatured alcohol - by using a couple of Kleenex 
tissues, rolled into a "ball" and wet with metho, by using a clockwise 
circular motion (if you are right handed or anti-clockwise if left 
handed) as you move over the surface of the DVD. Metho does NOT affect 
the surface coating of the DVD - trust me. Then use another pair of 
clean tissues to clean and polish in the same way the DVD surface once 
the metho has evaporated ( about a minute).

Doing this will normally get rid of most problems - but this depends on 
how badly the surface of the DVD has been damaged.

If this does not fix the problem, then your other choice - or choices, 
but I will only stay with the Linux/Ubuntu for the moment (otherwise get 
in touch with me via private mail) - is to use K9 Copy and copy the DVD 
to your hard drive (from which you can then either view it or burn it to 
another DVD).

Using K9 Copy, it will show up if there are serious bad sectors, 
normally unrecoverable, on the DVD.

Try cleaning the DVD to begin with as I outlined above.

Let's start from here......

BC

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