some dvd's won't play, 2.0.0 & higher

[rha3l]

I’ve been trying to watch some of my region 1 dvds on VLC today, but I’ve been having some problems. I'd put the disc in & press play & nothing would happen. I know it can take a minute for VLC to start playing dvds, but you can usually hear the disk drive going when it does, & this was dead silent, not doing anything at all. At first I thought one of the disks had become damaged and unplayable, but when I tried the other 4 disks in that boxset only 1 of them would play. So I tried the original unplayable disk on my old computer, changing the computer to play region 1 dvds and using different dvd player software and the disk played ok, so I know there’s nothing wrong with the disk. I used check for updates & made sure I had the latest version of VLC, and I did. Finally I tried uninstalling VLC 2.0.1 and installed an earlier version, VLC 2.0.0, and that still had the same problem, so I tried an even older version, VLC 1.1.8 and the unplayable dvd’s are working again now.
So the new 2.0.1 version of VLC isn’t working with most of my region 1 dvds, but does work for some of them, don’t know why. The older 1.1.8 version is working just fine with all my region 1 dvds.

[Lotesdelere]

Please open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback and then paste the full resulting log here or on Pastebin.com if it's too long.

[rha3l]

This is for version 2.0.1

main debug: adding item `dvd:///E:/' ( dvd:///E:/ )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item: dvd:///E:/, node: null, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on dvd:///E:/
main debug: dvd:///E:/ is at 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd:///E:/'
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dvd:///E:/
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\SUSANG~1\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module: 1 candidate
main debug: `dvd:///E:/' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `/E:/'
main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' location='/E:/' file='E:\'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Susan Green\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 4.317 ms - Total 4.317 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.317 ms)
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for dvd:///E:/
main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Susan Green\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 8.308 ms - Total 8.308 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 8.308 ms)
main debug: art not found for dvd:///E:/
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input

[Lotesdelere]

As requested, please paste the full resulting log.

[rha3l]

Lotesdelere, I did what you said, I opened messages, set verbosity to 2, I pressed play, I listened while the dvd drive made noises for a couple of seconds & then went silent, just like it always does with this version, and nothing more happens. I waited more than 5 minutes. Then I opened messages again, clicked "save as" & saved the log. I opened the log, clicked "select all" I copied, and I pasted here - and you're still asking me for the full log?

main debug: adding item `dvd:///E:/' ( dvd:///E:/ )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item: dvd:///E:/, node: null, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on dvd:///E:/
main debug: dvd:///E:/ is at 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd:///E:/'
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dvd:///E:/
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\SUSANG~1\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: `dvd:///E:/' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `/E:/'
main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' location='/E:/' file='E:\'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module: 1 candidate
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Susan Green\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 16.628 ms - Total 16.628 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 16.628 ms)
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for dvd:///E:/
main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Susan Green\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 167.996 ms - Total 167.996 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 167.996 ms)
main debug: art not found for dvd:///E:/

That's it. That's all there is.

[Lotesdelere]

So basically some DVDs, but not all, are not playing with VLC 2.0.x while they are still playing fine with VLC 1.1.x ? You are talking about Region 1 DVDs but are you in Region 1 yourself ? Tell us the titles of the problematic DVDs.

You should create a ticket on the VLC Trac with a link to this thread.

[rha3l]

no I'm region 2. The problem disks are 'Castle, the complete second season' disks 1,2,3 & 4, but disk 5 plays ok. & nothing wrong with the disks because, yeah, they all play fine with the older software.