[mythtv-users] MythDVD unable to play newer DVD's

[Jim Shank]

I have given up, I switched the DVD player from internal back to xine until
I see some way of fixing this error.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Shank [mailto:jim.shank at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:14 PM
To: 'mythtv-users at mythtv.org'
Subject: Re: MythDVD unable to play newer DVD's 


Jim Shank wrote:
> I am not sure if I just haven't tried playing these DVD's before but newer
> movies like Unbreakable (original disc) won't play using MythTV internal
> player. I researched and it seems to have something to do with DTS and
> possibly my alsa setup, though I wouldn't think the missing codec error
> would result from also configs. This disc plays fine with both xine and
> mplayer. After the Parser not found for Codec Id: 86021., the mythfrontend
> process hangs with a black screen.  
>
> mythfrontend -v mythdvd shows:
...
> 2007-10-08 08:26:12.990 AFD: Opened codec 0xb81d3c0, id(DTS) type(Audio)
> [mpeg @ 0x5dab90]Parser not found for Codec Id: 86021 !
> 2007-10-08 08:26:13.381 AFD: Warning, audio codec 0xa811d40 id(AC3) type
> (Audio) already open, leaving it alo
> ne.
> 2007-10-08 08:26:13.381 AFD: Warning, audio codec 0xa812140 id(AC3) type
> (Audio) already open, leaving it alo
> ne.
> 2007-10-08 08:26:13.382 AFD: Warning, audio codec 0xa8149e0 id(AC3) type
> (Audio) already open, leaving it alo
> ne.
> 2007-10-08 08:26:13.382 AFD: Warning, audio codec 0xb53d910 id(AC3) type
> (Audio) already open, leaving it alo
> ne.
> 2007-10-08 08:26:13.382 AFD: Warning, audio codec 0xb81d3c0 id(DTS) type
> (Audio) already open, leaving it alo
> ne.
> Signal: Interrupt
> Ungrabbing XVideo port: 275
>
> ----------------------------Myth Package
> Versions---------------------------------
> rpm -qa|grep myth
> libmythavformat-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> libmythlivemedia-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mytharchive-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythdvd-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythtv-theme-visor-0.16.2-6.at
> mythweather-0.20.2-165.fc6
> libmythavutil-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> libmythtv-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythtv-frontend-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythcontrols-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythnews-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythflix-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythplugins-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythstreamtv-1.3-8
> libmythavcodec-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythtv-themes-0.20.2-165.fc6
> libmythui-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> libmythupnp-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythtv-setup-0.20.2-165.fc6
> myththemes-0.20.2-114
> mythphone-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythmusic-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythvideo-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythstream-0.17_2-18.fc6
> libmyth-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythtv-backend-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythbrowser-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythtv-docs-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythweb-0.20.2-165.fc6
> libmythfreemheg-0.20.2_0-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythgallery-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythgame-0.20.2-165.fc6
> mythtv-0.20.2-165.fc6
>
>   

>>Many new dvd have "features" that break playing on a computer. You may 
>>have to use a different tool to rip your disk and "fix" it at the same 
>>time. Then play it as a video.

>This isn't one of the Sony ArccOS Protected discs. I am pretty sure it has
something to do with that audio codec error and >specifically that I don't
have support for DTS in MythDVD. Plus it plays in Xine and MPlayer being
able to play it (which >don't work on ArccOS discs on my system)

I did a yum upgrade today. A new MythTV and a bunch of stuff came down but
still having the same problem with MythDVD hanging on any DVD with DTS
sound. I downloaded the source of MythDVD and wanted to see if there was a
specific option I needed to compile with to get DTS or AC3.