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DVD won't play

Postby cybermcm » 05 Jul 2008 09:59

Hi community,

I have a strange problem with my VLC player (Version 0.8.6h). I can't play DVD's. VLC starts up, I select "open disc" and then nothing. The DVD drives spins up but nothing more happens. The GUI is working but if i click on exit the windows disappears but the vlc.exe process still remains in memory.
The disc is working in another driver, I tested even more DVDs, every time the same behavior.
Audio or mpeg on DVD are working, the drive is OK.
I have done a full reset of all VLC options, tried nightly builds, same error.
My debug file:

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-- logger module started -- main debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU main debug: looking for memcpy module: 3 candidates main debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext" main debug: waiting for thread completion main debug: thread 3740 (playlist) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:184) main debug: waiting for thread completion main debug: thread 3756 (preparser) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:210) main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate main debug: using interface module "hotkeys" main debug: thread 3780 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231) main debug: looking for interface module: 3 candidates main debug: using interface module "wxwidgets" main debug: thread 3800 (manager) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:216) wxwidgets debug: Using last windows config '(-1,0,0,1680,1050)(0,607,125,776,712)(6,0,0,-1,150)' wxwidgets debug: id=0 p=(607,125) s=(776,712) wxwidgets debug: id=6 p=(0,0) s=(-1,150) main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate logger: VLC media player - version 0.8.6h Janus - (c) 1996-2008 the VideoLAN team logger: Warning: if you can't access the GUI anymore, open a command-line window, go to the directory where you installed VLC and run "vlc -I wx" logger: using logger... logger warning: no log filename provided, using `vlc-log.txt' logger debug: opening logfile `vlc-log.txt' main debug: using interface module "logger" main debug: thread 3920 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231) main debug: adding playlist item `dvdsimple://D:' ( dvdsimple://D: ) main debug: creating new input thread main debug: waiting for thread completion main debug: creating statistics handler main debug: thread 3952 (input) created at priority 1 (input/input.c:265) main debug: `dvdsimple://D:' gives access `dvdsimple' demux `' path `D:' main debug: creating demux: access='dvdsimple' demux='' path='D:' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate dvdread debug: VMG opened dvdread debug: number of titles: 19 dvdread debug: title 0 has 51 chapters dvdread debug: title 1 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 2 has 2 chapters dvdread debug: title 3 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 4 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 5 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 6 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 7 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 8 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 9 has 2 chapters dvdread debug: title 10 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 11 has 4 chapters dvdread debug: title 12 has 3 chapters dvdread debug: title 13 has 1 chapters dvdread debug: title 14 has 10 chapters dvdread debug: title 15 has 10 chapters dvdread debug: title 16 has 14 chapters dvdread debug: title 17 has 14 chapters dvdread debug: title 18 has 2 chapters dvdread debug: open VTS 1, for title 1 main debug: removing all interfaces main debug: thread times: real 0m27.562500s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s main debug: thread 3920 joined (interface/interface.c:258) -- logger module stopped --
Anyone out there who can help me?

thx in advance,
CyberMCM

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Re: DVD won't play

Postby VLC_help » 05 Jul 2008 14:56

Does it help if you try no menus option or wait about 30 minutes when VLC tries to open the DVD?

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Re: DVD won't play

Postby cybermcm » 06 Jul 2008 02:38

Does it help if you try no menus option or wait about 30 minutes when VLC tries to open the DVD?
"no menu" option does not help.
wait for 30 minutes?!? I never waited that long, really 30 minutes not 30 seconds?!?
Why should I wait 30 min (any technical reason)?

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Re: DVD won't play

Postby cybermcm » 06 Jul 2008 08:14

additional note: thx to VLC_help!
If I start the DVD an wait for approximately 15 seconds the video starts. Now comes the question: why?!?
The DVD starts instantly on my old single core PC and needs 15 seconds on my new dual core notebook. Can anyone give me a reason for that (the configuration of vlc is ident on both machines)?

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Re: DVD won't play

Postby VLC_help » 06 Jul 2008 14:22

There have been similar posts but I don't know what causes the issue. Not all people have this problem. If it is DVDnav related, nightlies might have fix for it.
http://nightlies.videolan.org/

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Re: DVD won't play

Postby cybermcm » 06 Jul 2008 16:15

There have been similar posts but I don't know what causes the issue. Not all people have this problem. If it is DVDnav related, nightlies might have fix for it.
http://nightlies.videolan.org/
thx for the info, as I wrote in my first post the nightly builds don't work either...


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