cannot play dvd on new pc

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Howdy all,

I have a new laptop, recently installed 13.2 on it (#2 below). I have
already gone through the multimedia installation guide, and the dvd
won’t play on kaffeine, smplayer, or vlc. Any ideas what’s wrong? I have
libdvdread, libdvdcss and libdvdnav installed.

Here is the output from VLC when I try to play the dvd with it:


> vlc
VLC media player 2.2.0 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.0-0-g1349ef2)
[000000000166a308] core demux error: corrupt module:
/usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/access/liblibbluray_plugin.so
[00000000015960b8] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface.
Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.1
libdvdnav: DVD Title: STARWARS_CLONE_WARS_S2_DISC_2
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 3CFB4DB1
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): STARWARS_CLONE_WARS_S2_DISC_2
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file
'/home/george/.dvdnav/STARWARS_CLONE_WARS_S2_DISC_2.map'
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00f00000. Regions:
1 2 3 4

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000130
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB (0x00000130)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x0000ac55
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0000b4d4
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB (0x0000b4d4)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x0034acc3
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 2 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdnav: Suspected RCE Region Protection!!!
libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using '��' instead
libdvdnav: Menu Languages available: ��
libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using '��' instead
libdvdnav: Menu Languages available: ��
libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using '��' instead
libdvdnav: Menu Languages available: ��
[00007f3c940009b8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[00007f3c940009b8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[00007f3c940009b8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[00007f3c940009b8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called

This is the first time I have tried to play a dvd on this pc. Note that
it is a dvd and not blu-ray. The errors are basically the same for
kaffeine and smplayer (but those don’t try and access the blu-ray
library). I have successfully played a VCD on this computer, and there
is no other indication that the dvd drive might not be working. The dvd
itself plays in a regular dvd player without a problem.

–
G.O.
Box #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 16GB
Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | 4GB
Laptop #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | 8GB
Laptop #2: 13.2 | KDE 4.14 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB

2

do you have libdvdnav4 and libdvdcss2
https://software.opensuse.org/package/libdvdnav4
libdvdcss is in a separate repository you can enable it via yast->repository management->community repositories.

3

I know some have had issues until they have set the region on the hardware.

There are some DVD’s that can be troublesome and I have found often that either Handbrake or k9copy will actually rip the title even when it doesn’t actually play directly.

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On 2015-04-29 16:15, golson765 wrote:

> This is the first time I have tried to play a dvd on this pc. Note that
> it is a dvd and not blu-ray. The errors are basically the same for
> kaffeine and smplayer (but those don’t try and access the blu-ray
> library). I have successfully played a VCD on this computer, and there
> is no other indication that the dvd drive might not be working. The dvd
> itself plays in a regular dvd player without a problem.

You should try to play other dvds. Maybe old ones.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))