DVD works on VLC in Windows, but not Arch Linux

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DVD works on VLC in Windows, but not Arch Linux

Postby cb474 » 16 Aug 2009 08:43

I have a DVD that I can't get to play under Arch Linux. Other DVDs play fine. I'm using VLC 1.0.1 in Arch and I do have libdvdcss installed. With VLC the DVD menu comes up, but when I hit play I get choppy sound and no picture. I get these errors from the terminal:
[0x7f91f4000c18] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[0x7f91f4000c18] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[0x15c0a08] a52 decoder: A/52 channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:192000
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
[0x7f91f4000c18] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[0x7f91f4000c18] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[0x15c0a08] libmpeg2 decoder error: invalid picture encountered
[0x12839a8] a52 decoder: A/52 channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:192000
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
[0x15c0a08] libmpeg2 decoder error: invalid picture encountered
[0x15c0a08] libmpeg2 decoder error: invalid picture encountered
[0x15c0a08] libmpeg2 decoder error: invalid picture encountered
In windows it works fine with VLC 0.8.6d. Thanks for any help.

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Re: DVD works on VLC in Windows, but not Arch Linux

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 17 Aug 2009 08:54

And windows and VLC 1.0.1?
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Re: DVD works on VLC in Windows, but not Arch Linux

Postby cb474 » 18 Aug 2009 04:56

I hesitated to install VLC 1.0.1 in Windows, under the principle if it's not broke don't fix it. Is there a way to revert to 0.8.6d if I try 1.0.1?

That said, unfortunately I had to return the DVD sooner than I thought, so I can't troubleshoot this problem effectively anymore.

It curious, because the DVD did not work in ARCH Linux or Debian Linux trying a number of different programs and their respective codecs (Totem, Mplayer, Xine, VLC), which suggests to me that it's not just a problem with VLC 1.0.1. But it worked fine in Windows with VLC 0.8.6d and with Media Player Classic with the K-Lite codec pack. This was all on the same machine, just booting from different partitions.

Are there some codecs that exist only in Windows and not in Linux that would effect even the performance of VLC differently?

Has anyone else who dual boots Linux and Windows had this sort of problem?

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Re: DVD works on VLC in Windows, but not Arch Linux

Postby TravisB » 26 Aug 2009 02:58

See if 'win32codecs' is available in the pacman repositories (pacman -Ss win32)

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Re: DVD works on VLC in Windows, but not Arch Linux

Postby cb474 » 26 Aug 2009 03:19

Thanks for the suggestion. I have the "codecs" package installed from AUR, which supposedly includes the win32codecs.

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2697

It installs the "all" package from:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/

So unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the issue.


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