ok, on my ongoing search for better video i managed to get vlc installed from source however, now i get basicly the same kind of error i got before all that. This is what i'm getting when trying to play any file from my hardrive be it avi or mpg
VLC media player 0.8.4a Janus libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 0.1.9 from http://dvd.sf.net libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/hda14 mounted on / for CSS authentication libdvdread: Could not open input: Permission denied libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda14 for reading libdvdread: Device /dev/hda14 inaccessible, CSS authentication not available. libdvdnav: Can't read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device. libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/caleb/.dvdnav/.map' libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. libdvdnav: vm: faild to read VIDEO_TS.IFO libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 0.1.9 from http://dvd.sf.net libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/hda14 mounted on / for CSS authentication libdvdread: Could not open input: Permission denied libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda14 for reading libdvdread: Device /dev/hda14 inaccessible, CSS authentication not available. libdvdnav: Can't read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device. libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/caleb/.dvdnav/.map' libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. libdvdnav: vm: faild to read VIDEO_TS.IFO [00000457] main playlist: playlist is empty so i'm not sure were to go from here, any help would be cool. caleb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]