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I apologize in advance if these things have already been reported; if so let's the forum admin remove the thread.

I am actually bundling here some major concerns voiced in other threads; they all have to do with Video/DVD and appear only under v0.9.x (0.9.4 was the first one I tried; and now to 0.9.8a). None of these problems exist under v0.8.6

1) Video and audio are out of sync. This happens not always and seems to be a function of the complexity of the material (e.g. don't seem to get it with a B&W DVD on a movie from the 40s but have it to an appalling extent in a ripped version of a protected DVD such as WALL-E). I reported this back in October; the problem still persists today
2) v0.9.x do not allow to run a DVD under the dvdsimple mode. This has been reported by me earlier; other forum members experience similar issues
3) As VLC does not work with a protected DVD (such as most stuff from Disney) one has to rip those DVDs. I use the DVDFab decrypter which works reasonably well. However, contrary to v0.8.6, the new version no longer provides a seamless viewer experience when running this movie from the folder. Instead, there is a gap/interruption after each VOB-file.
4) A lesser problem but still a nuisance is the fact that very frequently, the closing of the player results in a program error by Windows. Again, this never happens under v0.8.6

Great as this program is, I must say that I for one see myself forced to go back to v0.8.6 where things are perhaps a little less "exciting" but definitely reliable. Shall be happy of course to join the community again once these problems have been solved
Kindly
MH

1. Could you share some sample files that show this issue?

3. How do you open that folder (Media -> Open disc)?

2) v0.9.x do not allow to run a DVD under the dvdsimple mode. This has been reported by me earlier; other forum members experience similar issues

"Only" with 0.9.8a dvdsimple:// crashes, I suppose. With 0.9.6 dvdsimple:// is running (just tested by chance, 2 hours ago).


Harald

You may be right on that one Harald; I didn't test v0.9.6 but seem to remember that dvdsimple still ran under v.0.9.4. However, points 1,2 & 4 seem to hold for all versions of 0.9.x

As to the comments of VLC Help - which file are you referring to? My points 1,3 & 4 produce no log; for point 2 find the text below.

Don't understand your item No 2 ; when I open a folder, I don't open the disc and vv

MH
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[00000486] logger interface: VLC media player - version 0.9.8a Grishenko - (c) 1
996-2008 the VideoLAN team
[00000486] 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"

[00000486] logger interface: using logger...
[00000486] logger interface warning: no log filename provided, using `vlc-log.tx
t'
[00000486] logger interface debug: opening logfile `vlc-log.txt'
[00000486] main interface debug: using interface module "logger"
[00000486] main interface debug: thread 6268 (interface) created at priority 0 (
interface/interface.c:168)
[00000486] main interface debug: thread started
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: New item: dvdsimple://E:\
[00000368] main playlist debug: adding item `dvdsimple://E:\' ( dvdsimple://E:\
)
[00000415] main access debug: waitpipe: object killed
[00000368] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
[00000368] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 3 items, index 0
[00000368] main playlist debug: dying input
[00000457] main decoder debug: removing module "mpeg_audio"
[00000457] main decoder debug: thread ended
[00000413] main input debug: control type=0
[00000413] main input debug: control: stopping input
[00000419] main packetizer debug: removing module "mpeg_audio"
[00000417] main demux debug: removing module "mpga"
[00000415] main access debug: removing module "access_http"
[00000457] main decoder debug: thread times: real 1m17.922046s, kernel 0m0.36051
8s, user 0m0.931339s
[00000457] main decoder debug: thread 5276 joined (input/decoder.c:248)
[00000457] main decoder debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpga', 28 PES in FIFO
[00000471] main audio output debug: removing module "mpgatofixed32"
[00000478] main audio output debug: removing module "bandlimited_resampler"
[00000467] aout_directx audio output debug: closing audio device
[00000368] main playlist debug: dying input
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: Updating the stream status: 8
[00000469] aout_directx generic debug: DirectSoundThread exiting
[00000469] main generic debug: thread ended
[00000469] main generic debug: thread times: real 1m17.791859s, kernel 0m0.00000
0s, user 0m0.000000s
[00000469] main generic debug: thread 5744 joined (directx.c:664)
[00000467] main audio output debug: removing module "aout_directx"
[00000467] main audio output debug: removing module "float32_mixer"
[00000413] main input debug: thread ended
[00000368] main playlist debug: dead input
[00000413] main input debug: thread times: real 1m18.663112s, kernel 0m0.050072s
, user 0m0.090129s
[00000413] main input debug: thread 5112 joined (playlist/engine.c:244)
[00000368] main playlist debug: starting new item
[00000368] main playlist debug: processing request item dvdsimple://E:\ node Pla
ylist skip 0
[00000368] main playlist debug: resyncing on dvdsimple://E:\
[00000368] main playlist debug: dvdsimple://E:\ is at 2
[00000368] main playlist debug: creating new input thread
[00000488] main input debug: Creating an input for 'dvdsimple://E:\'
[00000488] main input debug: thread started
[00000488] main input debug: waiting for thread initialization
[00000488] main input debug: `dvdsimple://E:\' gives access `dvdsimple' demux `'
path `E:\'
[00000488] main input debug: creating demux: access='dvdsimple' demux='' path='E
:\'
[00000489] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
[00000488] main input debug: thread 4924 (input) created at priority 1 (input/in
put.c:370)
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: Updating the stream status: 3
[00000489] dvdread demux debug: VMG opened
[00000489] dvdread demux debug: number of titles: 2
[00000489] dvdread demux debug: title 0 has 257 chapters
[00000489] dvdread demux debug: title 1 has 0 chapters
[00000489] dvdread demux debug: open VTS 0, for title 1
[00000489] dvdread demux error: DvdReadSetArea(0,0,1) failed (can't decrypt DVD?
)
[00000489] main demux warning: no access_demux module matching "dvdsimple" could
be loaded
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: New Event: type 1103
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: Updating the stream status: 1
[00000488] main input debug: creating access 'dvdsimple' path='E:\'
[00000491] main access debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates
[00000491] main access error: no access module matched "dvdsimple"
[00000488] main input error: open of `dvdsimple://E:\' failed: could not create
access: no access module matched "dvdsimple"
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: New Event: type 1103
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: Updating the stream status: 9
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: New Event: type 1103
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: New Event: type 1103
[00000368] main playlist debug: finished input
[00000368] main playlist debug: dying input
[00000396] qt4 interface debug: Updating the stream status: 8
[00000368] main playlist debug: dying input
[00000488] main input debug: thread ended
[00000368] main playlist debug: dead input
[00000488] main input debug: thread times: real 0m2.052952s, kernel 0m0.000000s,
user 0m0.000000s
[00000488] main input debug: thread 4924 joined (playlist/engine.c:244)
[00000368] main playlist debug: starting new item
[00000368] main playlist debug: changing item without a request (current 2/3)
[00000368] main playlist debug: nothing to play

You can open VIDEO_TS folders using two separate options. Media -> Open Disc... and Media -> Open Folder. First one is the proper way, second one is a hack that was implemented and it might not work correctly.

1) Video and audio are out of sync. This happens not always and seems to be a function of the complexity of the material (e.g. don't seem to get it with a B&W DVD on a movie from the 40s but have it to an appalling extent in a ripped version of a protected DVD such as WALL-E). I reported this back in October; the problem still persists today

Give some sample files that show this issue.

I still don't get what you mean by "files". As said before, the out-of-sync happens rather arbitrarily & across board (although I have a notion that it happens more frequently with complex material).

But if you mean VOB-files, try out VTS_01_3.VOB from "WALL-E". There it is especially bad

MH

BTW: I have gone back to v0.8.6 so at this time I no longer encounter any of these phenomena mentioned in my first post