[mythtv-users] [Bulk] Re: MythTV does not play DVD's

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Sun Oct 25 21:45:02 UTC 2015


On 26 October 2015 at 06:36, HP-mini <blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> On Sun, 2015-10-25 at 20:26 +0100, Forum wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  > Does the optical drive/disk spin up when you attempt to play it?
> >
> > Yes, Optical Drive is spinning up. Sometimes it plays as DVD without any
> > problems, but sometimes it does not play, only spin up and then turns
> > back to menu. It does not depend on protection issues. Actually, I have
> > a DVD without any protection that is possible to play with VLC, but not
> > with MythTV.
> >
> > System is a Linux Mint (a Ubuntu Version) and I've installed VLC and
> > MythTV from Software-Center.
> >
> > DM
>
> Is there a simple upgrade option for mythtv-0.27 in mint?
>
> Mythbuntu ppa could be upgrade source for 0.27+fixes.. Mint gets a
> mention.
> http://www.mythbuntu.org/repos
> You don't have to use XFCE/Xubuntu to use mythbuntu ppa.
>
> Lots of DVD playback improvements listed in release notes:
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Release_Notes_-_0.27
>
> But unless you know how to backup (& restore!) the mythconverg database
> & are proficient managing ppas & using synaptic etc, there is a lot that
> can go badly wrong for potentially no gain.
>
>
I had a similar issue on an old frontend, from memory I had to install
libcss

Cheers,

Anthony
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