DVD 'Your input can't be opened' A SOLUTION

[ilgitano.2010]

I have seen the error below quite a lot. Looking quite hard all over the web gave me no solution.

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://J:\'. Check the log for details.

'Open folder' works fine, but 'Open disc' gives that error.

The disc FS can be inspected using windows explorer perfectly ok.

I now have a pair of DVDs, BOTH start up ok in WMP. Only one works in VLC. The reason as far as I can tell (and DVDOpenFileUDF is a bit of a giveaway) is that one of them is a UDF file system - plays fine on VLC, the other is CDFS and won't play on VLC. As I said it plays on WMP though.

I have seen quite a few DVDs showing these symptoms, and I think that is the reason.

I know DVD should be UDF file system, but in my ignorance I just copied some AUDIO_TS+VIDEO_TS files round and burnt them to a DVD without knowing to set the FS as UDF. I think this may be happening a lot.

For now, the only solutions I have is to play using 'Open folder' or to reburn the DVD as a UDF filesystem. I am actually quite ok with that, but I tell some friends VLC is the bees knees. Be nice if I could autoplay a DVD accidentally created using CDFS though, like WMP does.

Except for that, VLC is marvelously idiot-proof.

NB: Right-click -> Properties on the relevant CD/DVD drive in 'My Computer' tells you the filesystem.

### debug log - level 0 ###

[016b3f14] logger interface: VLC media player - 1.1.0 The Luggage
[016b3f14] logger interface: Copyright ? 1996-2010 the VideoLAN team
[016b3f14] logger interface:
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 qt"

[016b3f14] logger interface: using logger.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.4
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
[0169f344] main input error: open of `dvd://J:\' failed: (null)

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Can you share more info messages?

[ilgitano.2010]

By more info messages you mean a debug log at level 1 or 2? Or the messages window...

I actually burned these DVDs for a friend, and he has been seeing this a lot with DVDs. He is pretty clueless with computers, and would use VLC all the time except for that. I will have to get a couple more DVDs to burn later on today, and I'll make a point of making them exactly the same except for FS this time.

Using MS virtual CD gives me the option of suppressing UDF/Joliet filesystems. But a virtual CDFS plays fine under VLC.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Level 2 from message window.

[ilgitano.2010]

OK. Reproduced it this way: I have generated two ISO from one video_ts/audio_ts; one was generated as Joliet+UDF the other as UDF only. My previous examples were actually two different movies.

Mounted as virtual drives using UltraISO virtual CD/DVDs; one shows as CDFS filesystem in Properties, the other shows as UDF filesystem. The CDFS one won't play using 'Play disc', the UDF one does. The actual filesys contents should be identical otherwise I think. Both play fine using 'Open folder'.

I can burn to disc if you like (have to get some) but the behaviour seems to be the same.

Apologise if the following is a bit verbose, but don't immediately see an attach facility:::

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###### CDFS image - fails (~65 lines) qt4 warning: Input option: dvdnav-caching=300 main debug: adding item `dvd://K' ( dvd://K:\ ) main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1 main debug: processing request item dvd://K node null skip 0 main debug: resyncing on dvd://K main debug: dvd://K is at 0 main debug: starting new item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd://K' qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dvd://K:\ main debug: thread started main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp' main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:214) main debug: `dvd://K:\' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `K:\' main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' path='K:\' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input dvdnav warning: cannot open dvdnav dvdread warning: cannot open VMG info main debug: no access_demux module matching "dvd" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 105.527 ms - Total 105.527 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 105.527 ms) main debug: creating access 'dvd' path='K:\' main debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates main debug: no access module matched "dvd" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.259 ms - Total 0.259 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.259 ms) main error: open of `dvd://K:\' failed: (null) main debug: finished input main debug: dead input main debug: looking for meta fetcher module: 1 candidate lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.lua main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.088 ms - Total 2.088 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.088 ms) main debug: removing module "lua" main debug: searching art for dvd://K main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_musicbrainz.lua main debug: thread ended main debug: thread times: real 0m0.187500s, kernel 0m0.015625s, user 0m0.015625s main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) main debug: nothing to play qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dvd://K' : 222.186 ms - Total 222.186 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 222.186 ms) lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\10_googleimage.lua lua debug: 10_googleimage.lua is disabled main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 67.747 ms - Total 67.747 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 67.747 ms) main debug: art not found for dvd://K

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##### UDF image - plays (~220 lines) qt4 warning: Input option: dvdnav-caching=300 main debug: adding item `dvd://L' ( dvd://L:\ ) main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1 main debug: processing request item dvd://L node null skip 0 main debug: resyncing on dvd://L main debug: dvd://L is at 0 main debug: starting new item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd://L' qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dvd://L:\ main debug: thread started main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp' main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:214) main debug: `dvd://L:\' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `L:\' main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' path='L:\' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input dvdnav debug: trying to go to dvd menu main debug: using access_demux module "dvdnav" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 338.953 ms - Total 338.953 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 338.953 ms) qt4 debug: Title 7 qt4 debug: Chapter: 7 main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.lua main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 46.525 ms - Total 46.525 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 46.525 ms) main debug: looking for meta fetcher module: 1 candidate lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.lua main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.770 ms - Total 1.770 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.770 ms) main debug: removing module "lua" main debug: searching art for dvd://L main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_musicbrainz.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.lua main debug: `dvd://L:\' 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=4 main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_CELL_CHANGE dvdnav debug: - cellN=1 dvdnav debug: - pgN=1 dvdnav debug: - cell_length=465000 dvdnav debug: - pg_length=465000 dvdnav debug: - pgc_length=735000 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=0 dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate not done b=1 t=0 main debug: selecting program id=0 main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates qt4 debug: Title 7 qt4 debug: Chapter: 7 avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x344d00) avcodec warning: refusing to decode non validated subtitle codec main debug: using decoder module "spudec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 106.757 ms - Total 106.757 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 106.757 ms) main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "spudec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.832 ms - Total 1.832 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.832 ms) lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\10_googleimage.lua lua debug: 10_googleimage.lua is disabled main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 115.322 ms - Total 115.322 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 115.322 ms) main debug: art not found for dvd://L main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301) main debug: thread started 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 not done b=1 t=0 main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates avcodec debug: libavcodec already initialized avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) started main debug: using decoder module "avcodec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 6.186 ms - Total 6.186 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 6.186 ms) main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_mpegvideo" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.227 ms - Total 0.227 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.227 ms) main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301) main debug: thread started dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate not done b=1 t=0 packetizer_mpegvideo debug: size 720x480 fps=29.970 main debug: Buffering 1% main debug: Buffering 1% main debug: Buffering 2% main debug: Buffering 2% main debug: Buffering 3% main debug: Stream buffering done (433 ms in 63 ms) main debug: no usable vout present, spawning one main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates freetype debug: Building font databases. freetype debug: Took 11815 microseconds freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:/WINDOWS/fonts/arial.ttf freetype debug: using fontsize: 2 main debug: using text renderer module "freetype" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 38.617 ms - Total 38.617 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 38.617 ms) main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: YUVA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality) main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 19.233 ms - Total 19.233 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 19.233 ms) main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter main debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 21.282 ms - Total 21.282 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 21.282 ms) main debug: window size: 720x540 main debug: Deinterlacing available main debug: deinterlace 0, mode blend, is_needed 0 main debug: looking for video output module: 1 candidate vout_wrapper debug: Opening vout display wrapper main debug: looking for vout display module: 8 candidates directx debug: creating Vout EventThread directx debug: DirectXCreateWindow main debug: looking for vout window hwnd module: 3 candidates qt4 debug: requesting video... qt4 debug: Video was requested 0, 0 main debug: using vout window hwnd module "qt4" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 43.113 ms - Total 43.113 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 43.113 ms) directx debug: created video sub-window directx debug: Vout EventThread running directx debug: disabling screen saver directx debug: directx-device: directx debug: DirectXEnumCallback: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family, \\.\DISPLAY1 directx debug: selecting Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family, \\.\DISPLAY1 directx debug: screen dimensions (0x0,1024x768) directx debug: DirectDraw Capabilities: overlay=1 yuvoverlay=1 can_deinterlace_overlay=1 colorkey=1 stretch=1 bltfourcc=1 main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 728x574 window directx debug: YUV overlay surface created successfully main debug: using vout display module "directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 292.230 ms - Total 292.230 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 292.230 ms) main debug: using video output module "vout_wrapper" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 302.388 ms - Total 302.388 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 302.388 ms) main debug: got 1 direct buffer(s) main debug: pic render sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: pic in sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: pic out sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: direct render, mapping render pictures 0-23 to system pictures 1-24 avcodec debug: using direct rendering main debug: End of video preroll main debug: Received first picture main debug: Decoder buffering done in 440 ms main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 720x540 window freetype debug: using fontsize: 30 main debug: looking for video blending module: 1 candidate blend debug: chroma: YUVA -> I420 main debug: using video blending module "blend" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.868 ms - Total 0.868 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.868 ms) main debug: Post-processing available main debug: Detected interlaced video main debug: deinterlace 0, mode blend, is_needed 1 main warning: vlc_object_find_name(postproc) is not safe! main debug: auto hidding mouse main warning: late picture skipped (5582 > -1541) main warning: late picture skipped (8485 > -1562) main warning: late picture skipped (1461 > -1590) dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_NOP dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_CELL_CHANGE dvdnav debug: - cellN=2 dvdnav debug: - pgN=2 dvdnav debug: - cell_length=270000 dvdnav debug: - pg_length=270000 dvdnav debug: - pgc_length=735000 dvdnav debug: - cell_start=465000 dvdnav debug: - pg_start=465000 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=0 dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate not done b=1 t=0 directx warning: DirectDrawUpdateOverlay cannot move/resize overlay directx warning: DirectDrawUpdateOverlay cannot move/resize overlay directx warning: DirectDrawUpdateOverlay cannot move/resize overlay main debug: thread times: real 0m4.953125s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s main debug: removing module "spudec" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `spu ', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing module "spudec" main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates avcodec debug: libavcodec already initialized avcodec warning: refusing to decode non validated subtitle codec main debug: using decoder module "spudec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 16.323 ms - Total 16.323 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 16.323 ms) main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "spudec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 8.010 ms - Total 8.010 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 8.010 ms) directx warning: DirectDrawUpdateOverlay cannot move/resize overlay main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301) dvdnav debug: DVDNAV_AUDIO_STREAM_CHANGE dvdnav debug: - physical=0 main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms) main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called directx warning: DirectDrawUpdateOverlay cannot move/resize overlay main debug: thread started spudec debug: invalid starting packet (size < 4 or pts <=0) spudec debug: spu size: 0, i_pts: 0 i_buffer: 128 main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped dvdnav debug: buttonUpdate not done b=1 t=0 main debug: Buffering 0%

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

The one that doesn't work is Joliet+UDF ?

[ilgitano.2010]

The one that doesn't work is Joliet+UDF ?

UtraISO gives that in file properties - right-mouse -> properties on the ISOs mounted as virtual drives says CDFS for the one that doesn't work, UDF for the one that does. If you can tell me some tool that will give an authoritative answer to what an ISO is, I'll go get it.

I just mounted the ISOs using MS virtual drive. Different results - both images show as UDF, and play fine with 'open disc'. To get the joliet+udf to show as CDFS in properties, I have to 'suppress UDF' when mounting. With MS virtual drive, even showing as CDFS, open disc works. Guess the authoritative test is the physical DVD - I'll get a couple more tomorrow, and the burn the ISO, get past whatever the hell the virtual drives are doing.

Just found that UltraISO just shows me its last setting, so I'm not sure if it Joliet alone or joliet+UDF. From the MS Virtualdrive is behaving I think it is Joliet+UDF.



EDIT:

OK, I now have two real small DVD burned on some CD-Rs I had arround.
The ISOs are 4.4 MB for what should be Joliet and 4.9 MB for UDF, identical contents.

The Joliet(CDFS) one won't play via 'Open Disc', the UDF one will. Both play fine from 'Open Folder'. WMP 11 play 'DVD, VCD or CD Audio' plays both fine. Had to fix the audio though - haven't used WMP to play a DVD for a long while now

Now what? These ISO images are small enough - 10M total - that I could get them to you somehow? I am using UltraISO 9 to burn the images, hopefully that's not the problem area.

[ilgitano.2010]

So, any problems reproducing this at the developers end? Anything more I can do?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

File a bug with all those details.

[ilgitano.2010]

File a bug with all those details.

Done:

Ticket #3802 (new defect)

Opened 36 seconds ago
DVD 'Your input can't be opened'

url: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/3802

It is an honor to deal with you sir.

[TheFalcon]

Today I tried VLC 1.1
Now I have same problem with russian DVD. It used to work normal in VLC 1.06
Now open folder or drag and drop both aren't working.

Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "M:\Backup\?????????? ??????? ''?????? ????????''\DVD 2 = ?????? 1975-1989 ?????\VIDEO_TS\".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://M:\Backup\Подарочное издание ''Муслим Магомаев''\DVD 2 = Записи 1975-1989 годов\VIDEO_TS\'. Check the log for details.
Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "M:\Backup\?????????? ??????? ''?????? ????????''\DVD 2 = ?????? 1975-1989 ?????\VIDEO_TS\".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://M:\Backup\Подарочное издание ''Муслим Магомаев''\DVD 2 = Записи 1975-1989 годов\VIDEO_TS\'. Check the log for details.

[VLC_help]

DVDread doesn't prolly handle Unicode paths. So if you copy it to M:\Backup\something\VIDEO_TS it should work.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Is there a bug filed on that?

[TheFalcon]

Is there a bug filed on that?

I opened ticket
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/3816