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

Tom Dexter digitalaudiorock at gmail.com
Sun Oct 26 14:07:49 UTC 2008


On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:13 PM,  <robbinsck1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Reviving an old thread here.  Did this problem ever get solved?  I'm
>>> building a new box on Mythubuntu 8.10beta.  It sure sounds like DVD
>>> playback has problems with Still Frames.  I haven't encountered a still
>>> frame it could play thru.  I'm hoping that the myth build in Mythubuntu
>>> 8.10beta is just out of date and when the release happens the .21-fixed
>>> weekly builds will solve the problem.  Myth is my primary dvd player.
>>> Its up converting looks great on my projector.  These disks play fine
>>> under .20 with ubuntu 7.10.
>>>
>>> More on this issue:
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=957143
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/288816
>>>
>>
>> i found that 'Cars' just wouldn't play on my MythBox.  but i'm running
>> a slightly dated version of KnoppMyth and .21.  my current
>> playground/experimental box is running MythBuntu 7.10 and i haven't
>> tried playing there.  i'll do that tonight and report back. :)
>
> ok, i can't play Cars on my experimental MythBox either because i
> don't have a DVD drive on that machine.  when i get a chance i'll try
> it out on my production setup ad see if i can capture any errors in
> the logs.
>
>
> --
> Andrew Close
>
> A dirty way way to remedy this is just select menu and the chapter selection. Pick the first one, that works for all the movies that won't play gor me.
>
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Just a note on this...I have mythtv setup to play DVDs with xine and
I've run into more than one DVD that would simply stop unless I
manually went to the first chapter as you described.  I always figured
it was related to all the God-awful copy protection (read
intentionally broken products) that a growing number of companies are
pushing off on consumers.

Tom


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