On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:03:11 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:48:35 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> On my Toshiba D-VR7KC2 DVD recorder I have recorded some video on a >> DVD- RW, using the +VR recording format. > > Is the disc finalized?
Thanks. That was a ggod question. It is, now. > Can it play in another DVD video reader? It plays on the DVD recorder it was recorded on. I don't have another DVD player on hand. the DVD drive I have on this machine (an ASUS EEEPC) is an LG USB DVD drive. > >> But I'm unable to play it on my wheezy system in either VLC or the >> Gnome Mplayer. > > I would launch those programs from command line and read the output > error, maybe it gives some clue about the failure. Did that. No joy; Details follow. Opening vlc from the command line, and attempting to open /dev/dvd (the choice it gives me): hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ vlc VLC media player 1.1.11 The Luggage (revision exported) Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS") Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE") [0x9d108fc] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "") Warning: call to srand(1316625008) Warning: call to rand() Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "") (process:3130): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. Warning: call to rand() Warning: call to rand() Warning: call to rand() Warning: call to rand() libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3 libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd [0xb4c0439c] dvdread demux error: DVDRead cannot open source: /dev/dvd [0x9ffe40c] main input error: open of `dvd:///dev/dvd' failed: (null) and in vlc's message window: Playback failure: DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd". Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details. Now there appears to be no /dev/dvd, as tetified by ls in another shell window: hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ ls -l /dev/dvd ls: cannot access /dev/dvd: No such file or directory hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ So the first step seems to be to find out why there's no /dev/dvd. But I did find a device /dev/video0. hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ ls -l /dev/video0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Sep 24 10:48 /dev/video0 hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ Not sure what /dev/video0 is, but I tried it. Typing it into the open media dialog gets me no further: libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3 libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access libdvdnav: Can't seek to block 32 libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/hendrik/.dvdnav/.map' libdvdread: Can't seek to block 256 libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdread: Can't seek to block 256 libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access libdvdread: Can't seek to block 256 libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdread: Can't seek to block 256 libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.BU. [0xa06b084] main input error: open of `dvd:///dev/video0' failed: (null) and Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/video0'. Check the log for details. Not sure where to go next. An I missing device drivers? Do I need a kernel module for the UDF file system? Some other packages? For the record, hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 2.0M UVC Webcam / CNF7129 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Wireless Mouse M305 Bus 001 Device 005: ID 152e:1640 LG (HLDS) hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ -- hendrik (...) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j5le14$hj$1...@dough.gmane.org