[mythtv-users] "Cars" dvd crashes internal DVD player to desktop

qwerty byrd qwertybyrd at gmail.com
Fri Jul 18 20:34:49 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM, qwerty byrd <qwertybyrd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I am running MythDora 5, and when I try to play the Disney DVD "Cars"
> using
> > the internal dvd player, it successfully plays all of the commercials and
> > such, then crashed Mythfrontend to the desktop when it gets to the movie.
> I
> > am able to play the dvd in the same machine using vlc.
> >
> > Has anyone else had this problem with this dvd? Is there a solution?
> >
> > Any assistance is appreciated!
>
> A LOT of the Linux DVD player applications have this sort of problem.
> Talking to the xine guys a few times over the years it's generally
> caused by bad error detection and handling in the DVD support
> libraries. It's gotten much better, but there are still problems when
> a DVD has the odd scratch. Commercial players keep spinning the disk
> and eventually find the next frame/whatever, but often the Linux apps
> don't work that well when faced with this sort of problem.
>
> Question: What happens if you play the same DVD using xine? (Or maybe
> mplayer)
>
> - Mark
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I played it using vlc on the same machine, and it ran fine.
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