[olug] dvd set-up woes

[Jonathan Warren]

Make sure your user has rw permissions on the device.  You don't need to mount to playback.

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 09:06:19PM -0500, David Walker wrote:
> Try this for fstab
> /dev/dvd             /mnt/dvd               iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
> 
> Make sure you experiment with different DVDs and cd-roms so you get an 
> accurate picture of what is wrong.
> 
> I don't use mplayer so I'm not sure if it requires the dvd to be mounted 
> but I am pretty sure that if you are not able to mount the dvd that mplayer 
> will not work.  
> (If that doesn't make sense the first time, read it through a few more times.  
> If it still doesn't make sense try this
> if {MPlayer_requires_mount or !MPlayer_requires_mount} {
> 	if {!Able_To_Mount} {
> 		error "Unable to read DVD"
> 	}
> }
> )
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 08 October 2002 08:42 pm, (Via wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm having some difficultly getting my DVD-ROM working
> > and I thought I'd check to see if anyone has any tips.
> >  I just installed the newest SuSE (8.1) on my desktop
> > (first Linux to break-in this particular computer).
> > It appears that the DVD is being detected and set-up
> > properly (via boot-up kernel messages), but I'm unable
> > to mount dvds (or cds) let alone watch them (I've only
> > tried mplayer so far).
> > Here's a snip of /var/log/boot.msg
> >
> > <4>    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb800-0xb807, BIOS settings:
> > hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
> > <4>    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb808-0xb80f, BIOS settings:
> > hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
> > <4>hda: Maxtor 4D080H4, ATA DISK drive
> > <4>hdb: WDC AC36400L, ATA DISK drive
> > <4>hdc: CDD4851 CD-R/RW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> > <4>hdd: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-116 ATAPI Model 012, ATAPI
> > CD/DVD-ROM drive
> > <4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> > <4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> > ---SNIP---
> > <4>hdc: no flushcache support
> > <4>hdd: no flushcache support
> > <6>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI
> > devices
> > <4>  Vendor: PHILIPS   Model: CDD4851 CD-R/RW   Rev:
> > C3.7
> > <4>  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI
> > SCSI revision: 02
> > <4>  Vendor: PIONEER   Model: DVD-ROM DVD-116   Rev:
> > 1.21
> > <4>  Type:   CD-ROM
> >
> > The CD-R is set to hdc and works fine, however, the
> > DVD at hdd doesn't mount dvds, cds, neither can I
> > 'eject' the drive.
> >
> > $ eject /media/dvd
> > eject: unable to eject, last error: Input/output error
> >
> > Here's fstab:
> > /dev/dvd             /media/dvd           auto
> > ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
> >
> > And the device link
> > $ ls -l /dev/dvd
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 2002-09-24
> > 20:52 /dev/dvd -> /dev/hdd
> >
> > And when I attempt to mount:
> > $ mount /media/dvd/
> > /dev/dvd: Input/output error
> > mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and
> > none was specified
> >
> > mplayer poops out like this (Note: dvd not mounted -
> > doesn't need to be, right?):
> > $ mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd
> > MPlayer 0.90pre8-3.2 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see
> > DOCS)
> >
> > CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Willamette (Family: 8, Stepping:
> > 10)
> > CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1
> > SSE2: 1
> > Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE
> > SSE2
> >
> > Reading /home/hp/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 38 audio & 106
> > video codecs
> > Font /home/hp/.mplayer/font/font.desc loaded
> > successfully! (206 chars)
> > Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz)
> > Input config file /home/hp/.mplayer/input.conf parsed
> >
> > : 50 binds
> >
> > Setting up lirc support...
> > mplayer: could not connect to socket
> > mplayer: Connection refused
> > Failed opening lirc support!
> > You won't be able to use your remote control
> >
> > Playing DVD title 1
> > Reading disc structure, please wait...
> > libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> > Can't open VMG info!
> >
> > Exiting... (End of file)
> >
> > This dvd doesn't even spin when attempting to run
> > mplayer, so I'm guessing it's not the viewer's problem
> > (since I can't mount/eject dvds in the first place).
> > I'm really stumped as it appears (to me anyway) that
> > the dvd is being set up properly by the kernel.  I
> > browsed the DVD-HOWTO, but it seems a tad out-of-date.
> >  If anyone can steer me in the right direction, I'd be
> > much obliged.
> >
> > Thanks for reading all this!
> > Eric Pierce
> >
> > Ps. Nice chatting w/the few of you at the last meeting
> > (my second).  I look forward to seeing you all at next
> > months lug.
> >
> >
> >
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