[opensuse] Can't play DVDs

Stan Goodman

30 Jul 2010 30 Jul '10

12:10

In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying: In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop. In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum. What might be causing this to happen, and how to fix it? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Mark Goldstein

30 Jul 30 Jul

12:43

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Stan Goodman wrote:

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In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying:

In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop.

In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum.

What might be causing this to happen, and how to fix it?

Stan, Just tried here on 11.1 and both Kaffeine and MPlayer are playing DVD. ~/system/media/sr0 looks strange. On my system MPlayer and Kaffeine use /dev/dvd. In MPlayer you can check the definitions by R-Click -> Preferences -> Misc Tab and there DVD device. In Kaffeine I haveunder settings -> xine engine parameters -> media there is also dvd.device. Regards, -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

31 Jul 31 Jul

14:26

New subject: [opensuse] Can't play DVDs - Solved (for MPlayer only)

At 15:43:05 on Friday Friday 30 July 2010, Mark Goldstein wrote:

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On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Stan Goodman

wrote:

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In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying:

In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop.

In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum.

What might be causing this to happen, and how to fix it?

Stan,

Just tried here on 11.1 and both Kaffeine and MPlayer are playing DVD.

~/system/media/sr0 looks strange. On my system MPlayer and Kaffeine use /dev/dvd.

In MPlayer you can check the definitions by R-Click -> Preferences -> Misc Tab and there DVD device.

In Kaffeine I haveunder settings -> xine engine parameters -> media there is also dvd.device.

Regards, -- Mark Goldstein

Sorry that your response escaped my notice until now. Your suggestion did solve the problem of MPlayer, which had been set to the wrong device, and MPlayer now works. Thanks. Kaffeine, which still does not work, was already set to /dev/dvd, so it has a different problem. The kaffeine settings also have a setting for region, which had been set for Region 1, which is incorrect (this is Region 2, and so are all my DVDs. I thought this might be the solution to the Kaffeine problem, but changing it to 2 didn't help. In any case, one operatie DVD player is as much as I can use. What, exactly, is the "info socket" that kaffeine complains it can't bind to? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Mark Goldstein

14:47

New subject: [opensuse] Can't play DVDs - Solved (for MPlayer only)

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 15:43:05 on Friday Friday 30 July 2010, Mark Goldstein wrote:

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On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Stan Goodman

wrote:

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In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying:

In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop.

In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum.

What might be causing this to happen, and how to fix it?

Stan,

Just tried here on 11.1 and both Kaffeine and MPlayer are playing DVD.

~/system/media/sr0 looks strange. On my system MPlayer and Kaffeine use /dev/dvd.

In MPlayer you can check the definitions by R-Click -> Preferences -> Misc Tab and there DVD device.

In Kaffeine I haveunder settings -> xine engine parameters -> media there is also dvd.device.

Regards, -- Mark Goldstein

Sorry that your response escaped my notice until now. Your suggestion did solve the problem of MPlayer, which had been set to the wrong device, and MPlayer now works. Thanks.

Kaffeine, which still does not work, was already set to /dev/dvd, so it has a different problem. The kaffeine settings also have a setting for region, which had been set for Region 1, which is incorrect (this is Region 2, and so are all my DVDs. I thought this might be the solution to the Kaffeine problem, but changing it to 2 didn't help. In any case, one operatie DVD player is as much as I can use.

What, exactly, is the "info socket" that kaffeine complains it can't bind to?

I never used Kaffeine actively. But from google search it looks like this "info socket" issue might be related to DVB playing - if you have a number of machines on the local network and one of them has DVB receiver, Kaffeine may receive the video stream from that machine. I've seen somebody got rid of this message by disabling DVB client (settings - configure kaffeine). Regards, -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

16:27

New subject: [opensuse] Can't play DVDs - Solved (for MPlayer only)

At 17:47:38 on Saturday Saturday 31 July 2010, Mark Goldstein wrote:

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On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Stan Goodman

wrote:

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At 15:43:05 on Friday Friday 30 July 2010, Mark Goldstein

wrote:

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On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Stan Goodman

wrote:

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In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying:

In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop.

In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum.

What might be causing this to happen, and how to fix it?

Stan,

Just tried here on 11.1 and both Kaffeine and MPlayer are playing DVD.

~/system/media/sr0 looks strange. On my system MPlayer and Kaffeine use /dev/dvd.

In MPlayer you can check the definitions by R-Click -> Preferences -> Misc Tab and there DVD device.

In Kaffeine I haveunder settings -> xine engine parameters -> media there is also dvd.device.

Regards, -- Mark Goldstein

Sorry that your response escaped my notice until now. Your suggestion did solve the problem of MPlayer, which had been set to the wrong device, and MPlayer now works. Thanks.

Kaffeine, which still does not work, was already set to /dev/dvd, so it has a different problem. The kaffeine settings also have a setting for region, which had been set for Region 1, which is incorrect (this is Region 2, and so are all my DVDs. I thought this might be the solution to the Kaffeine problem, but changing it to 2 didn't help. In any case, one operatie DVD player is as much as I can use.

What, exactly, is the "info socket" that kaffeine complains it can't bind to?

I never used Kaffeine actively. But from google search it looks like this "info socket" issue might be related to DVB playing - if you have a number of machines on the local network and one of them has DVB receiver, Kaffeine may receive the video stream from that machine. I've seen somebody got rid of this message by disabling DVB client (settings - configure kaffeine).

Didn't help. Not worth going further. Thanks. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Felix Miata

30 Jul 30 Jul

12:58

On 2010/07/30 15:10 (GMT+0300) Stan Goodman composed:

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In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying:

...

In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop.

...

In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum.

...

What might be causing this to happen, and how to fix it?

Assuming you have libdvdcss installed, I have no idea. I gave up trying to use those long ago. I use vlc-beta from Packman. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Stan Goodman

14:03

At 15:58:49 on Friday Friday 30 July 2010, Felix Miata wrote:

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On 2010/07/30 15:10 (GMT+0300) Stan Goodman composed:

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In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying:

In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop.

In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum.

What might be causing this to happen, and how to fix it?

Assuming you have libdvdcss installed, I have no idea. I gave up trying to use those long ago. I use vlc-beta from Packman.

Not only is there no libdvdcss on the system, YaST doesn't find such a package in Updates, Oss, or non-Oss. Nor does it find a libdvd* anything else. Where should this package be? Since I have viewed DVDs on this system before, libdvdcss (if that is its correct name) must have somehow been removed. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Vadym Krevs

14:07

On 30 July 2010 15:03, Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 15:58:49 on Friday Friday 30 July 2010, Felix Miata wrote:

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On 2010/07/30 15:10 (GMT+0300) Stan Goodman composed:

...
In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying:

In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop.

In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum.

What might be causing this to happen, and how to fix it?

Assuming you have libdvdcss installed, I have no idea. I gave up trying to use those long ago. I use vlc-beta from Packman.

Not only is there no libdvdcss on the system, YaST doesn't find such a package in Updates, Oss, or non-Oss. Nor does it find a libdvd* anything else. Where should this package be?

Since I have viewed DVDs on this system before, libdvdcss (if that is its correct name) must have somehow been removed.

libdvdcss lives in the videolan repository. Regards, Vadym -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

ianseeks

17:23

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At 15:58:49 on Friday Friday 30 July 2010, Felix Miata

wrote:

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On 2010/07/30 15:10 (GMT+0300) Stan Goodman composed:

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In oS v11.1, neither MPlayer nor Kaffeine will play DVDs anymore. These are the reactions to trying:

In MPlayer: An attempt to start the film brings up an error b ox saying: "Failed to open ~/system/media/sr0", Full stop.

In Kaffeine: The error box says: "Can't bind info socket". Dismissing it starts the first screen of the film (before the introductory credits)m with sound that repeats every second or so ad infinitum.

What might be causing

On Friday 30 July 2010 15:03:07 Stan Goodman wrote: this to happen, and how to fix it?

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Assuming you have libdvdcss

installed, I have no idea. I gave up trying

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to use those long ago. I use vlc-beta from Packman.

Not only is there no libdvdcss on the system, YaST doesn't find such a package in Updates, Oss, or non-Oss. Nor does it find a libdvd* anything else. Where should this package be?

Since I have viewed DVDs on this system before, libdvdcss (if that is its correct name) must have somehow been removed.

Put this in your repo list and select vlc. http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/11.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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