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Posted: **16 Dec 2013 15:08**

Hello,

I recently bought this DVD and it seems to only play in Mac DVD Player, and Windows Media Player on Bootcamp. If I try to play with VLC, it fails. If I browse the file system, the entire disc appears blank. I've also tried disabling menus in VLC.

Here is a log of VLC trying to open the disc:

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main debug: using interface module "macosx"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 168.953 ms - Total 168.953 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 168.953 ms)
main debug: playlist threads correctly activated
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1
macosx debug: using future 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() : 14.455 ms - Total 14.455 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 14.455 ms)
main debug: looking for extension module: 1 candidate
lua debug: Opening Lua Extension module
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/myuser/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() : 0.203 ms - Total 0.203 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.203 ms)
macosx debug: Found 1 capture devices
main debug: adding item `rdisk1' ( dvdnav:///dev/rdisk1 )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: Creating an input for 'rdisk1'
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item: rdisk1, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on rdisk1
main debug: rdisk1 is at 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on rdisk1
main debug: rdisk1 is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'rdisk1'
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 warning: dvdnav_get_next_block failed
dvdnav debug: trying to go to dvd menu
dvdnav error: cannot set title (can't decrypt DVD?)
main debug: no access_demux module matching "dvdnav" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 11066.964 ms - Total 11066.964 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 11066.963 ms)
main debug: creating access 'dvdnav' location='/dev/rdisk1', path='/dev/rdisk1'
main debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access module matched "dvdnav"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.089 ms - Total 0.089 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.089 ms)
main error: open of `dvdnav:///dev/rdisk1' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'rdisk1' : 11085.977 ms - Total 11085.977 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 11085.976 ms)

Any help would be appreciated, going slightly mad!

Posted: **16 Dec 2013 17:45**

try 2.1.1.

Posted: **16 Dec 2013 17:46**

I have 2.1.2 on another machine, and same result... is 2.1.1 special? Downloading it now.

Posted: **16 Dec 2013 17:50**

Here is the log from 2.1.1:

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main debug: VLC media player - 2.1.1 Rincewind
main debug: Copyright ¬© 1996-2013 the VideoLAN team
main debug: revision 2.1.1-0-g89db9aa
main debug: configured with ../extras/package/macosx/../../../configure  '--prefix=/Users/fkuehne/Desktop/videolan/gits/vlc-2.1/release/vlc_install_dir' '--enable-macosx' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-growl' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-shout' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-libass' '--enable-macosx-audio' '--enable-macosx-eyetv' '--enable-macosx-qtkit' '--enable-macosx-vout' '--disable-caca' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-sdl' '--disable-samplerate' '--disable-macosx-dialog-provider' '--with-macosx-sdk=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk' '--build=x86_64-apple-darwin10' '--with-macosx-version-min=10.6' 'build_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin10' 'CC=xcrun clang' 'CXX=xcrun clang++' 'OBJC=xcrun clang'
main debug: adding item `rdisk1' ( dvdnav:///dev/rdisk1 )
main debug: Creating an input for 'rdisk1'
main debug: processing request item: rdisk1, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 1
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on rdisk1
main debug: rdisk1 is at 1
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'rdisk1'
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 matching "dvdnav": 14 candidates
dvdnav warning: dvdnav_get_next_block failed
dvdnav debug: trying to go to dvd menu
dvdnav error: cannot set title (can't decrypt DVD?)
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'dvdnav' location='/dev/rdisk1', path='/dev/rdisk1'
main debug: looking for access module matching "dvdnav": 18 candidates
main debug: no access modules matched
main error: open of `dvdnav:///dev/rdisk1' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2)
main debug: nothing to play

Posted: **16 Dec 2013 20:26**

Weird, it can't find libdvdcss...

Posted: **24 Dec 2013 22:21**

Edit: Apologies for posting Win stuff in the Mac/iOS corner. I just searched for DVD issues and found this thread. Nevertheless, seems to be a problem with the latest release version.

Having issues with playing DVDs as well, on Win7 Pro 64bit with SP1. Definitely seems to be an issue with VLC V2.1.2, because in V2.1.1 and before, any DVD plays just fine (for me anyway) like it should.

In V2.1.2, this is my error log:

main debug: adding item `dvd:///H:/' ( dvd:///H:/ )
main debug: processing request item: dvd:///H:/, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dvd:///H:/
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on dvd:///H:/
main debug: dvd:///H:/ is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd:///H:/'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'd:\'
main debug: `dvd:///H:/' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `/H:/'
main debug: enforced demux ` any'
main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='any' location='/H:/' file='H:\'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "dvd": 12 candidates
dvdnav warning: cannot open DVD (H:)
dvdread error: DVDRead cannot open source: H:
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'dvd' location='/H:/', path='H:\'
main debug: looking for access module matching "dvd": 20 candidates
main debug: no access modules matched
main error: open of `dvd:///H:/' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play

The error log for "No Menus" start/dvdsimple is only insignificantly different. VLC V2.1.2 also seems to have some major difficulties playing VCDs as well, though I guess for other reasons.

Here's some of what I tried before:
Different DVD drives (internal SATA DVD-ROM and external USB DVD burner) - not playing.
Regular DVD play, "No Menus" and other varieties of "Open Disc..." settings - not playing.
Starting the DVD in VLC via command line options - not playing.
Different (original) DVDs - not playing.
VLC V2.1.2 32bit and 64bit builds - not playing.
Deleting/resetting all user settings to default "first start" values - not playing.
Freshly downloading VLC installer and ZIP/7Z packages (which I prefer to installers) - not playing.
Deleting dvdcss folder - not playing.
Playing a DVD first in other player software where it plays just fine, such as Media Player Classic, MPlayer and Windows Media Player, before starting VLC - not playing (in VLC).

Posted: **26 Dec 2013 21:45**

Use VLC 32bits version.

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