[mythtv-users] Problems viewing DVDs with MythBuntu 9.04

[Steve V]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Mon, 16 November, 2009 1:34:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Problems viewing DVDs with MythBuntu 9.04
> 
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Craig Huff wrote:
> > Good point.  When I can get back to it, I'll investigate.
> >
> 
> Okay,  Got back to trying the DVD that started me down this road.
> 
> It gets automounted and "ls /media/cdrom0" shows two files: AUDIO_TS
> and VIDEO_TS.
> 
> Excerpted from mythfrontend log after attempting to play it:
> 
> 
> libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
> libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 0.1.10-xine from http://xine.sf.net
> libdvdnav: DVD Title: HAL_FLEET
> libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 43557C26___MVB__
> libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative):
> libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/craig/.dvdnav/HAL FLEET.map'
> libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00c00000.
> Regions: 1 2 3 4 5 6
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.128 Opened DVD device at /dev/dvd
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.158 There are 9 titles on the disk
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 0 has 0 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 1 has 1 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 2 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 3 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 4 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 5 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 6 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 7 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.159 Title 8 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.274 TV: Attempting to change from None to
> WatchingPreRecorded
> libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
> libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 0.1.10-xine from http://xine.sf.net
> libdvdnav: DVD Title: HAL_FLEET
> libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 43557C26___MVB__
> libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative):
> libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/craig/.dvdnav/HAL FLEET.map'
> libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00c00000.
> Regions: 1 2 3 4 5 6
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.359 Opened DVD device at /dev/dvd
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.359 There are 9 titles on the disk
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.359 Title 0 has 0 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.359 Title 1 has 1 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.359 Title 2 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.359 Title 3 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.359 Title 4 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.359 Title 5 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.360 Title 6 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.360 Title 7 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.360 Title 8 has 2 parts.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:44.410 DPMS Deactivated
> 2009-11-15 06:02:46.004 Error reading block from DVD: Error reading from DVD.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:46.030 AFD: Opened codec 0x9dd68f0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
> 2009-11-15 06:02:46.030 NVP: Disabling Audio, params(-1,-1,-1)
> 2009-11-15 06:02:46.132 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video Texture'
> 2009-11-15 06:02:46.197 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 640 H: 480
> 2009-11-15 06:02:47.015 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
> 2009-11-15 06:02:47.121 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
> 2009-11-15 06:02:47.748 Error reading block from DVD: Error reading from DVD.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:48.240 Error reading block from DVD: Error reading from DVD.
> 2009-11-15 06:02:48.382 TV: Attempting to change from
> WatchingPreRecorded to None
> 2009-11-15 06:02:48.407 TV: Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
> 2009-11-15 06:02:49.420 DPMS Reactivated.
> 
> Based on the line at timestamp 2009-11-15 06:02:47.748 and the
> following line, I'm guessing there's some kind of copy protection or
> encryption that defeats the DVD player (internal is currently selected
> BTW).  Is that the case?  Is using something like handbrake my only
> option -- ripping it to the harddrive in order to view it?
> 
> Thanks for all the help so far.
> 
> Craig.
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I'm no expert, but could it be an issue with region. Can you play DVDs using any other application?

You could try setting the region in your DVD using regionset.