cant play dvd suse 11.1

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1

i read whole bunch of posts here re: dvd play issue and followed many with no luck.

running 11.1 86-64 on lenovo y550

i got audio, i can play avi files

i installed vlm, xine and totem

i did chmod 666 /dev/sr0 and i can mount both audio and video media, my users are members of cdrom, disk, audio, video

when i try to play dvd as a root same issues

errors i get:
in xine: “the source cant be read”. this is a good dvd, tried many dvds
in vlm: nothing it just closes
in totem: it hangs

here is what i have installed:
alsaplayer-0.99.80-1.pm.1
banshee-1-backend-engine-gstreamer-1.4.3-1.2.1
flash-player-10.0.32.18-0.1.1
gst-fluendo-mp3-2-37.3
gstreamer-0_10-0.10.23-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg-0.10.7-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-0.10.13-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-lang-0.10.13-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-0.10.23-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-0.10.15-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra-0.10.15-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-0.10.12-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-lang-0.10.12-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-schroedinger-1.0.5-42.pm.4
libavc1394-0-0.5.3-129.6
libavcodec52-0.5-0.pm.3
libavdevice52-0.5-0.pm.3
libavfilter0-0.5.0.19569-1.1
libavformat52-0.5-0.pm.3
libavutil49-0.5-0.pm.3
libavutil50-0.5.0.19569-1.1
libgstinterfaces-0_10-0-0.10.23-42.pm.1
libgstphotography-0_10-0-0.10.13-42.pm.1
libgstreamer-0_10-0-0.10.23-42.pm.1
libgstreamer-0_10-0-32bit-0.10.21-3.11
libpostproc51-0.5.0.19569-1.1
libswscale0-0.5-0.pm.3
libvlc2-1.0.1-0.pm.0
libvlccore2-1.0.1-0.pm.0
libxine1-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-aa-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-arts-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-codecs-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-directfb-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-esd-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-jack-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-pulse-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-sdl-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
phonon-backend-gstreamer-0_10-4.2.0-40.18
phonon-backend-xine-4.1.3-4.2.9
pullin-flash-player-11.1-1.1
python-gstreamer-0_10-0.10.15-42.pm.1
vlc-1.0.1-0.pm.0
vlc-noX-1.0.1-0.pm.0
vlc-qt-1.0.1-0.pm.0
xinetd-2.3.14-129.35
xine-ui-0.99.5cvs-20090203.pm.0821
rachel@linux-piop:~/Desktop>

i think it all comes from packman repo, except libdvdcss - from vlan

Please help. I am kind of new to this os so please give me very precise directions. Appreciate anyones help

2

Try adding an fstab entry to mount the dvd drive. Something like:
/dev/sr0 /media/dvd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
where sr0 is the dvd drive’s device name

3

done that already: here
cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543232L9A300_090616FB6432LEEWNKWB-part1 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543232L9A300_090616FB6432LEEWNKWB-part2 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/dvd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0

and created /media/dvd location

4

here is the output asked in 10 steps to check multimedia:

linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # LC_ALL=C zypper ve
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied.
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME} → %{VENDOR}
’ | grep -i VideoLAN
libdvdcss → VideoLAN Project (VideoLAN - Open Source multimedia and streaming solutions for every OS!)
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --verify --query --all ‘libav*’ ‘libpostproc*’ ‘libswscale*’
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --query --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH} → %{VENDOR}
’ libxine1 libxine1-codecs
libxine1-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
libxine1-codecs-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --verify --query --all ‘xine’
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --query --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH} → %{VENDOR}
’ gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg
gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg-0.10.7-42.pm.1-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # $ rpm --query --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH} → %{VENDOR}
’ gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegdemux gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegmux gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly
bash: $: command not found
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --query --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH} → %{VENDOR}
’ gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegdemux gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegmux gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly
gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg-0.10.7-42.pm.1-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3-0.10.10-42.pm.1-x86_64 → packman.links2linux.de
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegdemux-0.10.23-42.pm.1-x86_64 → packman.links2linux.de
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegmux-0.10.4-42.pm.1-x86_64 → packman.links2linux.de
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-0.10.13-42.pm.1-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-0.10.23-42.pm.1-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-0.10.15-42.pm.1-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra-0.10.15-42.pm.1-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-0.10.12-42.pm.1-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --verify --query --all ‘gst’
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --verify MPlayer
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --verify --query --all ‘vlc’
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --verify w32codec-all
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop # rpm --query --all ‘libav*’ ‘libpostproc*’ ‘libswscale*’ ‘xine’ ‘gst’ MPlayer ‘vlc’ | grep -v avahi | sort
banshee-1-backend-engine-gstreamer-1.4.3-1.2.1
gstreamer-0_10-0.10.23-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg-0.10.7-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3-0.10.10-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegdemux-0.10.23-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegmux-0.10.4-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-lang-0.10.23-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-0.10.13-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-lang-0.10.13-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-0.10.23-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-lang-0.10.23-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-0.10.15-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra-0.10.15-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-lang-0.10.15-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-0.10.12-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-lang-0.10.12-42.pm.1
gstreamer-0_10-schroedinger-1.0.5-42.pm.4
libavc1394-0-0.5.3-129.6
libavcodec52-0.5-0.pm.3
libavdevice52-0.5-0.pm.3
libavformat52-0.5-0.pm.3
libavutil49-0.5-0.pm.3
libgstinterfaces-0_10-0-0.10.23-42.pm.1
libgstphotography-0_10-0-0.10.13-42.pm.1
libgstreamer-0_10-0-0.10.23-42.pm.1
libgstreamer-0_10-0-32bit-0.10.21-3.11
libpostproc51-0.5-0.pm.3
libswscale0-0.5-0.pm.3
libvlc2-1.0.1-0.pm.0
libvlccore2-1.0.1-0.pm.0
libxine1-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-aa-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-arts-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-codecs-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-directfb-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-esd-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-jack-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-pulse-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
libxine1-sdl-1.1.16.3-0.pm.3
MPlayer-1.0rc2_r29116-2.pm.2
phonon-backend-gstreamer-0_10-4.2.0-40.18
phonon-backend-xine-4.1.3-4.2.9
python-gstreamer-0_10-0.10.15-42.pm.1
xinetd-2.3.14-129.35
xine-ui-0.99.5cvs-20090203.pm.0821
linux-piop:/home/rachel/Desktop #

5

also when try with Mplayer i get: Warning:MVs not available

6

ls -l /dev/sr0

brw-rw----+ 1 root disk 11, 0 2009-08-09 08:26 /dev/sr0

getfacl /dev/sr0

getfacl: Removing leading ‘/’ from absolute path names

file: dev/sr0

owner: root

group: disk

user::rw-
user:rachel:rw-
user:mom:rw-
group::rw-
mask::rw-
other::—

cat /etc/init.d/boot.local

#! /bin/sh

Copyright (c) 2002 SuSE Linux AG Nuernberg, Germany. All rights reserved.

Author: Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>, 1996

Burchard Steinbild, 1996

/etc/init.d/boot.local

script with local commands to be executed from init on system startup

Here you should add things, that should happen directly after booting

before we’re going to the first run level.

setfacl -m 1000:rw /dev/sr0
setfacl -m 1001:rw /dev/sr0

7

im at the end of my wits here. took out all entries from fstab as it appears that media is being loaded properly without them. checked to see if user is member of disk cd audio. yes. checked libdvdcss, tried libdvdcss2. i can actually play trailers, but then playback stops with cant read from media. please. anyone?

8

Maybe the DVD drive needs checking. You shall check with dual-layer DVDs.

You can try to copy from a dual-layer data DVD; burn a dual-layer data DVD; copy your failing DVD onto hard drive.

All these will force the DVD drive to run over the whole surface and and all layers of the DVDs.

And, by the way, maybe you should install libdvdnav4.

9

Install from the Packman repo:
libdvdread3
libdvdread4
libdvdnav4
libdvdplay0
ffmpeg
kde4-k3b-codecs

If this does not work, I would say the drive is failing.

10

Had same issue have you try VLC media player and works great for me has great play back.

11

I’ve been down this road before, with Fedora, opensuse, and Ubuntu.

The easiest to fix was Ubuntu, there’s a link in their forum that download and installs all the needed codecs.

In OpenSuSE I had to use the RPM’s for libdvdccs, libdvdread, libdvdnav but from the VLC VideoLan repo. Those seem to work better than Pacman. weird I know but it works.

For your info, I’m using Lenovo T-61 all intel chips.

CHEERS!

12

Hi,

I would also recommend installing VLC media player, it works like a dream and it plays all the possible movie file types as well as DVD’s.

You can install it either from:

PackMan :: Package details for vlc

or

VLC media player for openSUSE

For me the 1-Click install worked 100%.

I hope you can watch DVD’s on your SUSE system this weekend.

Enjoy

H

13

Try smplayer.
Have you installed libdvdread ?

14

On this model of laptop, playing DVD is no problem using Kaffiene. you will have to install Kaffiene, then in software management download
libdvdcss
libxine all
win32codecsall
k3b codecs
libdvdread
libdvdnav
all lib xine files
all dvb files
try this out and let us know