can't play dvd after ten step

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I am on an hp dv2000 laptop, x86_64, openSUSE 11.2, 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux.

I had the dvd working, then it went away. I checked every thing using the ten steps, the results of the commands are listed below.

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This was reported by xine.
xine
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libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can’t open /dev/dvd for reading
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can’t open /dev/dvd for reading

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rpm --query --all ‘libav*’ ‘libpostproc*’ ‘libswscale*’ ‘xine’ ‘gst’ MPlayer ‘vlc’ | grep -v avahi | sort
gstreamer-0_10-0.10.25-999.pm.999.8.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg-0.10.9-999.pm.1000.1.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3-0.10.10-42.pm.42.2.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegdemux-0.10.23-42.pm.42.2.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegmux-0.10.4-42.pm.42.2.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-lang-0.10.25-999.pm.999.8.noarch
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-0.10.17-999.pm.999.9.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-lang-0.10.17-999.pm.999.9.noarch
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-0.10.25-999.pm.1000.5.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-lang-0.10.25-999.pm.1000.5.noarch
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-0.10.17-999.pm.1001.10.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra-0.10.17-999.pm.1001.10.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-lang-0.10.17-999.pm.1001.10.noarch
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-0.10.13-999.pm.1001.6.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-lang-0.10.13-999.pm.1001.6.noarch
kde3-kaffeine-gstreamer-0.8.8-1.pm.5.4.x86_64
libavc1394-0-0.5.3-134.2.x86_64
libavcodec52-0.5.20592svn-0.pm.1.5.x86_64
libavdevice52-0.5.20592svn-0.pm.1.5.x86_64
libavformat52-0.5.20592svn-0.pm.1.5.x86_64
libavutil50-0.5.20592svn-0.pm.1.5.x86_64
libgstapp-0_10-0-0.10.25-999.pm.1000.5.x86_64
libgstbasevideo-0_10-0-0.10.17-999.pm.999.9.x86_64
libgstinterfaces-0_10-0-0.10.25-999.pm.1000.5.x86_64
libgstphotography-0_10-0-0.10.17-999.pm.999.9.x86_64
libgstreamer-0_10-0-0.10.25-999.pm.999.8.x86_64
libgstsignalprocessor-0_10-0-0.10.17-999.pm.999.9.x86_64
libpostproc51-0.5.20592svn-0.pm.1.5.x86_64
libswscale0-0.5.20592svn-0.pm.1.5.x86_64
libxine1-1.1.17-1.pm.22.4.x86_64
libxine1-codecs-1.1.17-1.pm.22.4.x86_64
libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.17-1.pm.22.4.x86_64
libxine1-pulse-1.1.17-1.pm.22.4.x86_64
MPlayer-1.0rc2_r29796-2.pm.3.1.x86_64
phonon-backend-xine-4.3.1-3.3.x86_64
xine-browser-plugin-1.0.2-1.pm.1.1.x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-143.2.x86_64
xine-ui-0.99.5cvs20091115-0.pm.1.2.x86_64
carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd> uname -a
Linux linux-jh3c 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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sudo LC_ALL=C zypper ve
root’s password:
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied.

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rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME} → %{VENDOR}
’ | grep -i VideoLAN

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carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd> rpm --verify --query --all ‘libav*’ ‘libpostproc*’ ‘libswscale*’
carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd>

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rpm --query --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH} → %{VENDOR}
’ libxine1 libxine1-codecs
4. 2 libxine1-1.1.15-44.pm.0-x86_64 → packman.links2linux.de
4. 3 libxine1-codecs-1.1.15-44.pm.0-x86_64 → packman.links2linux.de

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carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd> rpm --verify --query --all ‘xine’
carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd>

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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-0.10.9-999.pm.1000.1-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3-0.10.10-42.pm.42.2-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegdemux-0.10.23-42.pm.42.2-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mpegmux-0.10.4-42.pm.42.2-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-0.10.17-999.pm.999.9-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-0.10.25-999.pm.1000.5-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-0.10.17-999.pm.1001.10-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra-0.10.17-999.pm.1001.10-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-0.10.13-999.pm.1001.6-x86_64 → PackMan :: Startseite

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carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd> rpm --verify --query --all ‘gst’
carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd>

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carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd> rpm --verify MPlayer
carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd>

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carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd> rpm --verify --query --all ‘vlc’
carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd>

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Thanks for your help.

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Were you working from here too
Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums

You said: “I had the dvd working, then it went away.”
Is that what you mean? The DVD’s were playing OK, now Not?

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Sorta. I went there and graped the ten-steps then jumped right into the fire. And yes, the dvds were playing OK, but now not playing OK.

After your post I went back to ‘Multi-media…’ post and found the 11.2 post. A mistake I made was to leave the Videolan repo in the repo list and a number of files were installed from there.

I deleted all of them expect the libdvdcss one and then deleted the Videolan repo. Do you think the order in which libdvdcss was installed has anything to do with dvds not playing?

After setting the repos left as suggested in the post:

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority |

1 | packman | packman | Yes | Yes | 90 |
2 | Updates | Updates | Yes | Yes | 99 |
3 | Non-oss | Non-oss | Yes | Yes | 120 |
4 | Oss | Oss | Yes | Yes | 120 |

I am now in the process of making sure I have all the packages suggested by the said post, ‘Multi-media…’.

So far the dvds are still not playing, but I have not given up.
At least the dvd is now showing up in ‘Device Notifier’ again.

I run xine from the command line to see the outup and this is what it is showing now:
carl@linux-jh3c:~/11.2Setup/dvd> xine
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.6cvs.
(c) 2000-2007 The xine Team.
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can’t open /dev/dvd for reading
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can’t open /dev/dvd for reading

Hope that helps.
I will post any thing else you need to see.
Thanks so much for your help.

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Actually if you check the post for 11.2 the priorities are different than you quote.

Did you do this
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Do you have windows also ?
Have you checked your region setting there. I had to do this, it wasn’t set, so I set it to R2 and all was OK

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I did the ‘Switch System with the packages in this repo’, showing in imagebam.com.

I do not have windows also.

What is meant by ‘Have you checked your region setting there.’. I do not know how to check my region setting, somewhere in Linux I suppose???

I can play dvds now, after cleaning up Vidoelan installed packages. And the Switch System with packman and reloading libdvdcss.

I loaded gnome-mplayer and gecko-mediaplayer did a reboot and the dvd playing went away. I rm these two packages and did another reboot and the dvd playing is good again.

Thanks

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Region setting is often applied to the DVD hardware/firmware to prevent you using DVD’s from other regions.

Don’t worry about it - Good to hear it’s OK now;)