can't play commercial dvds (SOLVED)

[Grisen]

Hi,

Gateway W3501 with core2duo and 2 gigs, latest kernel, up-to-date PCLOS KDE install, latest KDE release.

Have searched the forums on how to get movies to play-- they don't play in SMPlayer, VLC, Dragon-- in fact with any software I have installed.  I'd like them to automount and then let me choose the player.  I have Win7 in a dual boot but prefer to stay in Linux unless I have to use my magicJack.

I believe I have the needed libraries installed (from synaptic:)
libdvdcss2
libdvdnav4
libdvdread3
libdvdread4

DVD when inserted doesn't spin up.  Not recognized by any players.

This is beyond my depth, but I think it will help if I tell you /etc/fstab reads:

# Entry for /dev/sda7 :
UUID=4157cab1-f3eb-40dc-a57f-f97bf5f24638 / ext4 defaults 1 1
# Entry for /dev/sda3 :
UUID=7A5A601D5A5FD50B /Windows7 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=1bb0877b-fd35-4451-a129-568daec2bff2 /home ext4 defaults,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda6 :
UUID=11c4521b-cedf-4418-b593-1f40946a948a swap swap defaults 0 0

PCC under Local Disks shows CD/DVD burner (Optiarc DVD RW AD7563A) with the following configuration:
Mount point: /media/cdrom
Device: sr0
Name: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7563A
Type: auto
Options: umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec

which is very similar to the line beginning /dev/sr0... in fstab

[I thought mount points were typically /mnt/(device)  like /mnt/dvd or /mnt/cdrom and not /media/(device)]

What do I need to do to play dvd's with ease??  I'd like to learn and understand more, so please feel free to explain what you see lacking in the system and how it manages DVD's, in addition to what to do.

Thanks for any help!

[CaptainSarcastic]

Which kernel exactly are you running?

I'm afraid I don't have much in the way of advice, but I have a desktop which showed similar behavior under a 2.6.x PAE kernel.  I never did properly troubleshoot it, as I had other machines to use for optical disks.

[daniel]

There same dvd-movies, that wont play...
Sorry, but you need then one of follow player:

Lin-DVD
PowerDVD Linux
Fluendo DVD Player

If they want work in PCLinuxOS, i have no idea 

[agmg]

You mention that you have a dual-boot setup with Windows.
Do the same DVD's play well under Windows?

[Just17]

I suggest you comment out this line in the /etc/fstab file (needs to be done as root)

/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

so that it looks like this

# /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

Reboot and then insert the media.

[Grisen]

I suggest you comment out this line in the /etc/fstab file (needs to be done as root)

/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

so that it looks like this

# /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

Reboot and then insert the media.

Well, you're absolutely right, that did it.  Where do you think that line came from, and how does removing it change things (?)

So, DVD's play in VLC and Xine, and in SMPlayer without any "index"/home screen to choose what gets played.  Dragon-- no sound.  Any thoughts about this?

Thanks much!

[Just17]

I suggest you comment out this line in the /etc/fstab file (needs to be done as root)

/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

so that it looks like this

# /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

Reboot and then insert the media.

Well, you're absolutely right, that did it.  Where do you think that line came from, and how does removing it change things (?)

So, DVD's play in VLC and Xine, and in SMPlayer without any "index"/home screen to choose what gets played.  Dragon-- no sound.  Any thoughts about this?

Thanks much!

I don't know how you came to have that line .....  unless you created it for some reason previously ...

Removing it allows the system that deals with removable devices to take control .....  which obviously works well as all is ok now it seems  

The lack of sound in Dragon would need its own thread.
I do not use it, so if Dragon itself has a problem I could not help with it, sorry.

regards

[Old-Polack]

I suggest you comment out this line in the /etc/fstab file (needs to be done as root)

/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

so that it looks like this

# /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

Reboot and then insert the media.

Well, you're absolutely right, that did it.  Where do you think that line came from, and how does removing it change things (?)

So, DVD's play in VLC and Xine, and in SMPlayer without any "index"/home screen to choose what gets played.  Dragon-- no sound.  Any thoughts about this?

Thanks much!

If I insert a dvd, then, in a terminal, enter the command             xine dvd:/        <Enter>

I see something like this;



which, in this case, is the menu screen for my old Goldfinger DVD. Menus work fine in xine, but not so good in mplayer, last time I checked.

Using the above command I created a desktop icon to start the DVD playback, at the menu stage.

----------------------------------------------------------- start -----------------------------------------------------
[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=
Comment=
Exec=xine dvd:/
GenericName[en_US]=
GenericName=
Icon=xine
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=Xine DVD
Name=Xine DVD
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

------------------------------------------------------------ end ------------------------------------------------------

Now I can insert the DVD, then just click the desktop icon. If you copy the purple text above into kwrite, then save the file to your desktop as Xine DVD.desktop you should then have one of these;



As an aside, I also have these entries in my /etc/fstab;

/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom       auto    ro,user,noauto          0 0
/dev/dvd          /mnt/dvd           auto    ro,user,noauto          0 0