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

[Marc Randolph]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Jon Boehm <boehm100 at comcast.net> wrote:
> <snippish/>
>> 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 8.10beta is just out of date and when the release happens the .21-fixed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. :)

My Mythbox doesn't currently have a DVD drive, so I ripped my copy of
Cars with dvdfab on an XP machine.  Myth plays it back fine, but I
can't promise that dvdfab didn't rip out a problematic still frame.
I'm running 18704.

   Marc