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

[Leander Jedamus]

Am 09.09.2010 12:01, schrieb 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.
>    
Yes, but the discs are brandnew bought. They arrived yesterday and the 
most of them did not play.
It is very unlikely they all are "dirty".
> 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......
>    
Thanks. I try that.

Greetings
Leander Jedamus