xine, dvd and CSS keys

[Davy]

hiya linux gurus!

i'm wondering how to get my dvd player working. i just bought this spiffy new artec dvd/cdrw combo drive and i've been working to make it work on my mandrake 9.2 (kernel 2.4.22-10mdk) system. i've installed libdvdnav from the installation cd's and i've installed libdvdcss from one of www.xinehq.de's links.

when i launch my xine 0.99.2, i can get sound just fine; but there's no video. i run it from the konsole terminal and i get the following output
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.2.
(c) 2000-2004 The xine Team.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1-rc5 from http://xine.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
libdvdnav: DVD Title: FARSCAPE_V1
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 3A42B300
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative):
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/rhumnegrita/.dvdnav/FARSCAPE_V1.map'
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fe0000. Regions: 1

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000170
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x000001ec
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00028411
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x000285a0
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x000285ee
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB at 0x000292bf
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x0002930d
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_0.VOB at 0x0002a348
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x0002a396
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_0.VOB at 0x0002b769
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x0002b7b7
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_0.VOB at 0x00035aad
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x00035afb
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.VOB at 0x00035de9
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB at 0x00035e37
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_0.VOB at 0x0018c40e
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB at 0x0018c45c
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_09_0.VOB at 0x0018c740
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_09_1.VOB at 0x0018c78e
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_10_0.VOB at 0x001ccdaf
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_10_1.VOB at 0x001ccdfd
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_11_0.VOB at 0x001ccf86
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_11_1.VOB at 0x001ccfd4
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_12_0.VOB at 0x0031ee7a
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_12_1.VOB at 0x0031eec8
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_13_0.VOB at 0x0031f1b0
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_13_1.VOB at 0x0031f1fe
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_14_0.VOB at 0x003a5eb3
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_14_1.VOB at 0x003a5f01
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 14 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0

does this mean i have to find a never version of libdvdcss? do i have to get a new set of keys?

if it's of any consequence www.xinehq.de's mentioned that libdvdcss would automatically look for /dev/dvd and since my /etc/fstab i setup so that my dvd drive is pointed toward /dev/hdc; i decided to:
ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd

can you guys help me, please?! i would be forever indebted to your greatness. :D

[fatTrav]

i'd think a newer version of libdvdcss perhaps. i am using 1.2.8 if that helps.

can you read data dvds? ... if you are using a mandrake kernel it might not have all the modules.

not sure

[cybertron]

Agreed. You might want to find a Mandrake RPM of libdvdcss, just to make sure it works with your system.

Just checked http://rpm.pbone.net and it looks like there is a libdvdcss 1.2.8 available for Mandrake 9.x.

Also, do you have libdvdread? I don't know whether it's required to play them or not, but I've found that it comes in handy anyway (particularly in conjunction with lsdvd).

[Davy]

yeah, according to the konsole printout, i'm using the same versions of libdvdcss you guys are and libnav is also installed.

This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.2.
(c) 2000-2004 The xine Team.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1-rc5 from http://xine.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access

the libdvdcss version i got is from www.xine.sf.net also, so i know it's setup for mandrake.

[fatTrav]

have u tried other dvds? do you have all the rights to use that drive?

[Davy]

Originally posted by fatTrav
have u tried other dvds? do you have all the rights to use that drive?

i've tried four different dvds. i've tried using it logged in as root....

.... and i've just now tried using libdvdcss2-1.2.8-1plf.i586.rpm which says it provides:

Provides :
libdvdcss
libdvdcss.so.2
libdvdcss2

Content of RPM :
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2
/usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2.0.7
/usr/share/doc/libdvdcss2-1.2.8
/usr/share/doc/libdvdcss2-1.2.8/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdvdcss2-1.2.8/COPYING

i know it can't be the dvd's because i've been able to make them work with another mandrake 9.2 system a while back.

[Modorf]

have you assigned a region to your DVD drive?
when you buy a new drive (virgin drive) it doesn't have a region number, this will prevent you from reading region encoded video DVDs.

This is done for you in windows, but in linux, you need to run an application (regionset).

http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/

regionset allows you to check and set the region code of DVD drives. Click ->here<- for downloads. ( http://linvdr.org/download/regionset )

What the hell are region codes?
Video DVDs contain most often a region code flag indicating the geographical region where the DVD was published (enabling the film industry to control the distribution). There are eight region codes possible, currently six are used:

North America (USA and Canada)
Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Japan
Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Korea
Latin America, Australia, New Zealand
Former Soviet Union (Russia, Ukraine, etc.), rest of Africa, India
China
On delivery, most DVD drives have no region code set. The drive firmware allows you to change the region code, but on nearly all drives you are limited to five (5) changes. After the fifth change, the DVD drive will stay fixed on that code -- on some drives you can upgrade the drive firmware and have then additional five changes, on other drives you won't be able to change the region code any more.

There are a couple of region code free DVDs on the market, but some drives will deny playing them without setting a region code for the drive first. After setting the region code, the drive will refuse playing any Video DVD (perhaps also Audio DVDs, I never had one to try out) with a different region code than its own.

If you set a DVD drive to region code 2 (RC2), you'll only be able to play region-code-2-DVDs from Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Japan -- the drive will definitively not play any US or Canadian DVD, nor Austrailian or Chinese. So if you cannot play a DVD because of the wrong region code, there is nothing the DVD player software can do about but changing the region code of the drive if you have any changes left.

So always be very very careful changing the region code, it could be your last try before you're forced to buy a new drive (or play foreign DVDs forever).

Installation
Just unpack the package then call "make". After compiling, you'll find the binary "regionset" in the directory which you should copy to /usr/sbin (as root, of course)

How to use the programm
You need write access to the DVD drive, either by group or by being root. The more, there absolutely definitively and in any case *must* be a readable Data CD or Data/Video DVD in the drive -- it does not matter if it's your favourite Windows CD, a video or a DVD with your last backup.

By default, regionset will use /dev/dvd to find your DVD drive. You can adjust this by entering the path to the DVD device as first command line parameter (please absolute path!).

If everything goes well, regionset will show you the current region code of the drive, how often it has been changed and how many changes are left. If there are any changes left, it asks for the new region code (see table above). After confirmation, the new region code will be set -- if you enter the same region code as the current one of the drive or just break the programm, regionset will just exit without setting the new code. On successful change of the region code, you'll get a confirmation.

The Credits
regioncode.c was written by Christian Wolff <scarabaeus@convergence.de> from Convergence and published as part of the package dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz on the Convergence homepage. Due to changes of the german copyright law, the package was removed because it had some relations to CSS and copying DVDs.

There were no mirrors (at least none I could find), so I decided to pack regionset.c and a CSS free version of the UDF functions together and redistribute it. Oh, I added some outputs, nothing to speak of, and rated the whole thing as version 0.1. I plan to add some command line arguments to make regionset more scripting-friendly in later versions.

Hope you find the tool useful,
Sincerely,
Mirko <cooper@linvdr.org>



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Zuletzt geändert am 30.10.2003

[fatTrav]

good thinking

[Davy]

Originally posted by Modorf
[B]have you assigned a region to your DVD drive?
when you buy a new drive (virgin drive) it doesn't have a region number, this will prevent you from reading region encoded video DVDs. ....


thanks for the idea Mordorf.... i used the program that you mentioned and gave it a try. i changed the regions three times and i still get the same printout in my konsole terminal.

:sigh: :confused:

why -oh- why won't this work?!! :(

[fatTrav]

have you tried running 'xine-check' and 'xine-config'

[Davy]

Originally posted by fatTrav
have you tried running 'xine-check' and 'xine-config'

oui monsieur ... well, sort of.

it did do xine-check and i got no errors. xine-config, i'm not sure how to use, but my setting for xine seem to be correct.

EDIT;

i've tried using it before, but i figured totem might give me more insight into what might be wrong.... i got the following:
[rhumnegrita@localhost rhumnegrita]$ totem --sync
The program 'totem' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
(Details: serial 50 error_code 11 request_code 141 minor_code 19)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

** ERROR **: Must shutdown ORB from main thread
aborting...

then i tried to use MPlayer and i got the following:

[rhumnegrita@localhost rhumnegrita]$ mplayer dvd://1
MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.1 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred 1200 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE
....

Playing dvd://1.
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 4 titles on this DVD.
There are 31 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened.
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 3) 29.970 fps 7500.0 kbps (937.5 kbyte/s)
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe) 48000 Hz 384.0 kbit/s
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 48000->192000 (384.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)
================================================== ========================
vo: X11 running at 800x600 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local display)
Disabling DPMS
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.3.1
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
================================================== ========================
Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x480 => 854x480 Planar YV12
aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found!
New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. 1 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%
Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)


both say BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)... but how could that be? my old pentium II 400 mhz with 128 meg sdram and 8 meg video card could play dvd's just fine. now, it seems like my athlon 1.2 ghz 64 meg ddrram can' cut the mustard?

that don't make no sense. :confused:

[Davy]

well.......

i've upgraded the kernel to 2.6.3-10mdk. still no luck.... exactly the same error. :(

[cybertron]

It's possible that specifying a different vo might help. Like this: mplayer -vo x11. I'm getting this from http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2002-August/019460.html, so you might want to go read through it yourself.

I'm not really familiar with Xine, so I'm not sure how one would do that there.

One other comment: You say that your old computer had 128 meg of RAM and your new one only 64? It's entirely possible that X is taking up enough of that 64 (which I think is the bare minimum needed to use some WM's) to cause these problems. Just a thought, and if you don't want to spend money on more RAM it's not very helpful, but FWIW there it is.:)

[Davy]

since i installed mandrake 10, i also increased the ram to 512 megs.... there was still no change in my error message. and besides, i used icewm (it's really light on the resource usage)

... and also since i went with mandrake 10 mplayer is now out of my system. i never used it, so i'm not missing it much.

thanks for the suggestion anyways. the dvd play works fine in windows, so i'll just keep using it for that.... i kind of figured i'de end up having to use windows; but i'm a sucker for a lost cause. :p

[cybertron]

Just out of curiousity, did you ever check whether you have libdvdread installed? I don't think it should be required by MPlayer, but it might be worth a shot.

[cybertron]

Sorry about being stubborn about this, but I found some more potentially interesting information. Plus, I just HATE hearing someone say they have to go back to Windows to do something that Linux should be able to do:D

Are you by any chance running an non-standard (as in not Mandrake-default) version of XFree or x.org? It looks like versions of both after XFree 4.3.something started having this problem. There is a workaround posted here (http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=474) that basically says add Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" to your X config file. You can also try 16 bit video settings if you're currently running @ 24. In fact, you can try these even if you are running the standard version of X. Also, closing any browser or XMMS windows you might have open appears to be helpful. In any case, it can't hurt to try.

[Davy]

Originally posted by cybertron
Sorry about being stubborn about this, but I found some more potentially interesting information. Plus, I just HATE hearing someone say they have to go back to Windows to do something that Linux should be able to do:D

amen to that. :)

1. yes, libdvdread is installed
2. i'm using XFree 4.3 (patch 29 if it'll help)... which is also the mandrake default x server
3. i'm already running 16 bit, but -- running with your idea--, i tried different settings, they all gave the same error.
4. i was never much of a fan of xmms; so i don't have it on this machine -- but again, running with your idea, i shut down many programs that i knew i could shut down using ksysguard and xine still gave me the same errors.

thanks anyways, very valiant effort. :D

EDIT: mplayer don't live here anymore. not since i changed to the newer mandrake release.

[cybertron]

I hate when this happens. I've run into a couple of things like this recently where no one seems to have any idea what is going on. This kind of thing is supposed to happen in Windows!:mad:

I guess that's the price you pay running an OS that is not supported by most hardware manufacturers:rolleyes:

Maybe the next Mandrake release will fix your problems and you'll be able to get rid of that Windows partition for good:D

[Davy]

Originally posted by cybertron
Maybe the next Mandrake release will fix your problems and you'll be able to get rid of that Windows partition for good:D

i can only dream :D

ugh... having that windows partition is like an albartross around my neck.... i can never get rid of it. ;)

... but atleast i get to take some of it out on microsoft. i just got a letter in the mail from microsoft informing me that there's a class action lawsuit against them in my state and that the plaintiff had agreed to settle the case. which, for me, means that they've agreed to pay everyone in my state who had been forced to buy microsoft products in the past. it's only $25, but it's the symbolism of the whole thing that i like. :D

[cybertron]

Besides, $25 will buy you a lot of CD's to burn Linux distros to;)

[Davy]

Originally posted by cybertron
Besides, $25 will buy you a lot of CD's to burn Linux distros to;)

... of which, none will be able to play dvd's, i'm sure. ;)

[AussieJohn]

I believe the correct setup is <ln -s/dev/cdrom2 /dev/dvd>
if the dvdreader is on hdc and is your 2nd cdrom unit.
It is not as you used.
If it is your only cdrom unit then it would be cdrom rather than cdrom2 no matter what position it is on the ide (primary or Secondary)

Cheers. John.

[cybertron]

Originally posted by AussieJohn
I believe the correct setup is <ln -s/dev/cdrom2 /dev/dvd>
if the dvdreader is on hdc and is your 2nd cdrom unit.
It is not as you used.
If it is your only cdrom unit then it would be cdrom rather than cdrom2 no matter what position it is on the ide (primary or Secondary)

Cheers. John.

Actually, they're both symlinks to the same thing, at least on my system.

[Davy]

Originally posted by AussieJohn
I believe the correct setup is <ln -s/dev/cdrom2 /dev/dvd>
if the dvdreader is on hdc and is your 2nd cdrom unit.
It is not as you used.
If it is your only cdrom unit then it would be cdrom rather than cdrom2 no matter what position it is on the ide (primary or Secondary)

Cheers. John.

hi john :)

before, i was using mandrake 9.2 (2.4.22-10mdk kernel). the autodetect utility within the mandrake release found my new drive and assigned it to /dev/hdc. it was the only cd device on my computer at the time. in order to get my libdvdcss, libdvdnav and other libraries to find the dvd drive (which is the same drive) i ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd. i'm pretty sure it's the correct device because when i tried to use xine or mplayer to play a dvd, it would access the correct drive and, at the same time, the dvd drive would become active. i was getting sound output from the dvd's; but no video.

since then, i've switched to mandrake 10 (2.6.3-2mdk kernel) in the hopes that it might make my problem dissapear; but with no luck. :( strangely enough, the error is still exactly the same. the dvd player is still /dev/hdc and now my ordinary cdrom is /dev/hdd since i have it set to be my slave on my secondary ide channel.

[Davy]

UPDATE:

hmmm.... methinks that my problem might lie in DVD de-encryption software.

i was looking at this (http://justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=132955) thread and it got me thinking.

[cybertron]

I"m 99% sure that what they're talking about there is libdvdcss, which you said you already have. The only thing you could try relating to that is install a different RPM. IIRC, you said you got one from the Xine site, but you might want to try this one (http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/mandrake/10.0/i586/libdvdcss2-1.2.8-1plf.i586.rpm) just for kicks. It's the exact RPM I'm using on my system for libdvdcss (actually libdvdcss2 as it turns out) and it works for me.

The discussion in that thread is about the fact that some fscking idiot decided at some point that you couldn't legally distribute DVD decryption software with Linux distros (at least in the US). That's why you won't find libdvdcss on any of your install disks - they can't include it without getting sued:mad:

Fortunately for us Mandrake users, the Penguin Liberation Front (http://plf.zarb.org) packages all these things up for us and distributes them from non-American servers. That's where I got the link above because my usual RPM search site (which searches plf servers as well) appears to be down.

Anyhow, some of the details above might be incorrect, but that's the general gist of the situation. Give the RPM a try, as I can't seem to find the one on the Xine site to figure out whether it's the same one.

Good Luck:)

[Davy]

hi :)

gave the new libdvdcss a whirl, no change. :( i even uninstalled it and re-installed it to make sure.

this is the website that i orignally got my libdvdcss from:
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/
it's a direct link from xinehq.de

... you know... i've been looking at the error printout and everything seems to run groovy until this:

libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/rhumnegrita/.dvdnav/FARSCAPE_V1.map'

what is a map file? why do i need it to play a dvd? where do we usually get map files from? if libdvdnav is suppose to create one for me, why isn't it working? why did it work in the past with a different drive; but not anymore now? why does it only give me sound? does it give me only sound to tortue me? :confused:

[cybertron]

Unfortunately I get the same error and it works fine for me. The really weird thing is that I just played a DVD in Xine and got essentially the same output as you (specific to my DVD of course) with the exception of a couple of messages about suspected region protection which definitely shouldn't be a problem.

I had forgotten that you could get sound but no video. I guess it's been a long thread:) That makes me suspect a video output problem. Did you ever try changing your video output driver? XV is usually a pretty safe bet, but you can try any of the ones listed in the setup window (you have to change the Configuration experience level to Advanced or higher to be able to see this option). I wonder if maybe it accidentally got set to none or something.

You do at least get the Xine window right? If I change my output driver to None and play a DVD I get a black video screen and only sound. Not sure if that's exactly what you're getting, but if that's what it turns out to be I'm going to kick myself for not thinking of it earlier:)

[rbrimhall]

This is a long thread but I'm pretty sure this hasn't been mentioned yet... did you enable dma on the drive? This has cleared dvd video for me... or, dropping your video color in your xorg.conf to 16 may help as well...

hdparm /dev/hd(x)

[Davy]

Originally posted by cybertron ....
but if that's what it turns out to be I'm going to kick myself for not thinking of it earlier:) [/B]

.... guess what? :D

don't kick to hard, i never would have figured it out without you.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

for those poor souls stuck with a problem similar to mine:
i did as cybertron recommended and changed the video output to xhsm. i now have a fully functioning dvd drive. YAY!!!!

and: lupin:
cybertron has already recommended changing the video color. i've tried it, with no satisfactory result. also, there's already a dma channel asigned to the drive. thanks for taking a stab at it anyways. :)


the name of my firstborn shall be cybertron.

[cybertron]

Originally posted by Davy
.... guess what? :D

don't kick to hard, i never would have figured it out without you.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

for those poor souls stuck with a problem similar to mine:
i did as cybertron recommended and changed the video output to xhsm. i now have a fully functioning dvd drive. YAY!!!!

:D

Funny, we just had a discussion about Occam's Razor in one of my classes and how the simplest solution is often the correct one:)


and: lupin:
cybertron has already recommended changing the video color. i've tried it, with no satisfactory result. also, there's already a dma channel asigned to the drive. thanks for taking a stab at it anyways. :)

I never did think to check DMA though. I guess because Mandrake turned it on automatically for all my drives, but there are probably some where it doesn't.


the name of my firstborn shall be cybertron.
He/she is going to have to do the opposite of most people on the net and take a pseudonym to use in real life:)

Edit: BTW, did Xine automatically set your video out to None, or was the default one just not working? It seems kind of weird that it would default to no video:confused: :)

[Davy]

xine defaulted to xv.... which i guess my system didn't like.

maybe the future mother of cybertron may not like the name, but once i explain it; she'll understand, i'm sure.