VLC 2.01 can't read DVD on OS X 10.6.8

[cubytus]

Hi there,

I wanted to play a DVD movie using VLC. The movie is a zone 1, and the DVD drive has also been zoned as zone 1. In fact, the Apple DVD Player software plays it just fine.

However, neither VLC 32 bits or VLC 64 bits give out an image or sound. I read the FAQ, but there's nothing about this issue on Mac OS X.

I tried using Fairmount, but it states, strangely: "Fairmount was unable to load the required library from VLC." Even manually pointing it to VLC 32 bits gives the exact same message.

Also, Handbrake crashes when trying to rip the disc.

What is going wrong there?

[fkuehne]

For Handbrake and Fairmount, you didn't install libdvdcss, which is no longer provided by VLC for external applications.

Within VLC, DVD playback should be normal. Do you get a black video output or an error message?

[cubytus]

Hi there,

first things first, why isn't libdvdcss not provided anymore for Mac? Where is the link?

Second, I don't get any error message. Not even a black screen. Just, the Play button becomes a Pause button for a second, then is back to the Play triangle. Nothing appears.

[fkuehne]

libdvdcss is still part of VLC for Mac. However, it is no longer accessible to other applications for technical reasons. Basically, 3rd party apps are not supposed to rely on other apps. However, there are easy ways for your to work-around this. Please just perform a quick search using your favorite search engine.

Regarding the DVD playback within VLC: please go to "Window" -> "Messages" and post the contents of this window here. Note that you need to save these to a RTF first, since copy & paste isn't enabled for this window.

[cubytus]

Hi there,

here it is.

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main debug: using interface module "macosx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 258.254 ms - Total 258.254 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 258.254 ms) main debug: playlist threads correctly activated main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Liste de lecture main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1 macosx debug: using Snow Leopard AR cookies main debug: looking for services probe module: 5 candidates main debug: no services probe module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 17.178 ms - Total 17.178 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 17.178 ms) main debug: looking for extension module: 1 candidate lua debug: Opening Lua Extension module lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/cubytus/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/extensions lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/extensions lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/share/lua/extensions main debug: using extension module "lua" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.186 ms - Total 0.186 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.186 ms) macosx debug: Found 1 capture devices macosx warning: unknown disk type, no idea what to display macosx warning: unknown disk type, no idea what to display macosx warning: unknown disk type, no idea what to display macosx warning: unknown disk type, no idea what to display main debug: adding item `BLAME_IT_ON_RIO' ( dvdnav:///dev/rdisk1 ) main debug: Creating an input for 'BLAME_IT_ON_RIO' main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Liste de lecture main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1 main debug: processing request item: BLAME_IT_ON_RIO, node: Liste de lecture, skip: 0 main debug: resyncing on BLAME_IT_ON_RIO main debug: BLAME_IT_ON_RIO is at 0 main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null)) main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'BLAME_IT_ON_RIO' main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path '/tmp' main debug: `dvdnav:///dev/rdisk1' gives access `dvdnav' demux `' path `/dev/rdisk1' main debug: creating demux: access='dvdnav' demux='' location='/dev/rdisk1' file='/dev/rdisk1' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate dvdnav debug: trying to go to dvd menu main debug: using access_demux module "dvdnav" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2617.579 ms - Total 2617.579 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2617.579 ms) main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/cubytus/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/meta/reader lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/meta/reader lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/meta/reader/filename.luac lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/share/lua/meta/reader main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.553 ms - Total 0.553 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.553 ms) main debug: `dvdnav:///dev/rdisk1' successfully opened dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_HOP_CHANNEL main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_VTS_CHANGE dvdnav debug: - vtsN=1 dvdnav debug: - domain=8 main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_CELL_CHANGE dvdnav debug: - cellN=1 dvdnav debug: - pgN=1 dvdnav debug: - cell_length=45000 dvdnav debug: - pg_length=45000 dvdnav debug: - pgc_length=45000 dvdnav debug: - cell_start=0 dvdnav debug: - pg_start=0 dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_SPU_CLUT_CHANGE dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_SPU_STREAM_CHANGE dvdnav debug: - physical_wide=0 dvdnav debug: - physical_letterbox=0 dvdnav debug: - physical_pan_scan=1 dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate not done b=1 t=0 main debug: selecting program id=0 main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates main debug: using decoder module "spudec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 76.110 ms - Total 76.110 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 76.110 ms) spudec debug: invalid starting packet (size < 4 or pts <=0) spudec debug: spu size: 0, i_pts: 0 i_buffer: 128 dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_AUDIO_STREAM_CHANGE dvdnav debug: - physical=0 main debug: Buffering 0% dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate 1 main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x360a64) avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering avcodec debug: allowing 4 thread(s) for decoding avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) started avcodec debug: using slice thread mode with 4 threads main debug: using decoder module "avcodec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 80.472 ms - Total 80.472 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 80.472 ms) main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_mpegvideo" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 28.433 ms - Total 28.433 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 28.433 ms) dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate 1 main debug: Buffering 1% main debug: Buffering 1% main debug: idx1=-1(??) idx2=-1(??) main debug: Buffering 2% main debug: Buffering 2% main debug: Buffering 3% main debug: Buffering 3% main debug: Buffering 4% main debug: Buffering 4% main debug: Buffering 5% main debug: Buffering 5% main debug: Buffering 6% main debug: Buffering 7% main debug: Buffering 7% main debug: Buffering 8% main debug: Buffering 8% main debug: Buffering 9% main debug: Buffering 9% main debug: Buffering 10% main debug: Buffering 10% main debug: Buffering 11% main debug: Buffering 11% main debug: Buffering 12% packetizer_mpegvideo debug: size 720x480 fps=29.970 main debug: Buffering 13% main debug: Buffering 13% main debug: Buffering 14% main debug: Buffering 14% main debug: Buffering 15% main debug: Buffering 15% main debug: Buffering 16% main debug: Buffering 16% main debug: Buffering 17% main debug: Buffering 17% main debug: Buffering 18% main debug: Buffering 18% main debug: Buffering 19% main debug: Buffering 20% main debug: Buffering 20% main debug: Buffering 21% main debug: Buffering 21% main debug: Buffering 22% main debug: Buffering 22% main debug: Buffering 23% main debug: Buffering 23% main debug: Buffering 24% main debug: Buffering 24% main debug: Buffering 25% main debug: Buffering 26% main debug: Buffering 26% main debug: Buffering 27% main debug: Buffering 27% main debug: Buffering 28% main debug: Buffering 28% main debug: Buffering 29% main debug: Buffering 29% main debug: Buffering 30% main debug: Buffering 30% main debug: Buffering 31% main debug: Buffering 31% main debug: Buffering 32% main debug: Buffering 33% main debug: Buffering 33% main debug: Buffering 34% main debug: Buffering 34% main debug: Buffering 35% main debug: Buffering 35% main debug: Buffering 36% main debug: Stream buffering done (108 ms in 123 ms) main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_NOP dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_WAIT dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_STILL_FRAME dvdnav debug: - length=0xff main warning: no vout found, dropping subpicture main warning: can't get output subpicture