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Cannot Playback DVD

Postby ShadowAS1 » 27 Aug 2010 13:58

Hi,
Since i installed VLC on my new system i have trouble playing DVD's, (movies)
After doing some research and not getting to an solution i capured some error messages
This is what the logging gives me (level 2) when i choose to playback drive E

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main debug: processing request item dvd://E node Afspeellijst skip 0 main debug: resyncing on dvd://E main debug: dvd://E is at 0 main debug: starting new item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd://E' main debug: thread started main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:214) main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\RUBENK~1\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `dvd://E:\' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `E:\' main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' path='E:\' 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() : 40.000 ms - Total 40.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 40.000 ms) main debug: creating access 'dvd' path='E:\' main debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates main debug: no access module matched "dvd" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main error: open of `dvd://E:\' failed: (null) main debug: finished input main debug: thread ended main debug: dead input main debug: thread times: real 0m0.040000s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s 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://E' : 85.000 ms - Total 85.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 85.000 ms)
Im running windows 7 ultimate 32 bits.
Using the latest version of VLC so i hope you can solve it =D

thanks,
ShadowAS1

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Re: Cannot Playback DVD

Postby VLC_help » 27 Aug 2010 18:02

Does it work any better if you try to open dvd://E:\VIDEO_TS ?

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Re: Cannot Playback DVD

Postby ShadowAS1 » 28 Aug 2010 23:30

yes that did work, But why it doesnt open it as it would do normal, just select disk and go..

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Re: Cannot Playback DVD

Postby VLC_help » 29 Aug 2010 17:09

Either dvdnav or dvdread bug.

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Re: Cannot Playback DVD

Postby friscof » 30 Aug 2010 12:04

I have some burned DVDs,both -R and +R. VLC can't open either,I have the latest VLC version.Plays commercial DVDs fine.Any suggestions?Win XP Pro 64.

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Re: Cannot Playback DVD

Postby VLC_help » 30 Aug 2010 15:46

friscof: do VLC messages complain something when you try to open those problematic discs?


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