Maybe you don't have the /dev/dvd symlink?
Am Samstag, 17. Juni 2006 17:08 schrieb Rodolfo Medina: > It seems that mplayer's installation was successful on my Debian Sarge, > I can also launch it with: > > $ gmplayer > > , but when I try to play a dvd, a window opens up saying: > > Failed to open dvd://1. > > , and on the terminal there is: > > Playing dvd://1. > libdvdread: Couldn't find device name. > Reading disc structure, please wait... > libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. > Can't open VMG info! > File not found: '1' > Failed to open dvd://1. > > . Can anybody provide any help!, thanks in advance. > Rodolfo > > > > P.S.: Below are the steps I did to play dvd's with totem, > thanks to Vitaliy and Wackojacko for their replies. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > That's what I did in order to play dvd's with totem: > from: > > ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/pool/main/libd/libdvdcss/ > > I downloaded the package libdvdcss2_1.2.9-0.0_i386.deb and put it in ~/tmp. > Then: > > $ cd ~/tmp > > # apt-get install liba52-0.7.4 libdvbpsi3 libdvdnav4 libdvdread3 > libglib1.2 libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-common libmpeg2-4 libpng10-0 libtar > libwxgtk2.4 libxosd2 ttf-freefont vlc wxvlc > > # dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-0.0_i386.deb > > $ totem > > , then in `edit > preferences' I chose the desired device > and so I could play dvd movies with totem. > However, I'm not satisfied with the quality: > on my desktop machine the movie walks by jerks, > whereas on the same machine it is properly played with xine > under Mandrake 10.1. > I'll try with mplayer. > > Thanks, > Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
