Xine won't play dvds. No error msgs, just gets stuck at "Using
libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access". In fact it freezes - I have
to ctl-alt-esc out. Disk light flashes briefly every 10 secs or so,
but nothing happens. Latest veersions of xine-lib, xine-ui and
libdvdcss. Any clues, guesses, pointers, etc. appreciated.

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Ed said something like a ...


> Xine won't play dvds. No error msgs, just gets stuck at "Using
> libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access". In fact it freezes - I have
> to ctl-alt-esc out. Disk light flashes briefly every 10 secs or so,
> but nothing happens. Latest veersions of xine-lib, xine-ui and
> libdvdcss. Any clues, guesses, pointers, etc. appreciated.
>

Using KDE? Have DVD / CD automount on Desktop? Run top and look at kded and
xine - have several listed? Kill'em ! I turned off those "features" on my
KDE 3.4.1 Desktop and have no more problems.
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BlackTopBum
You don't skateboard?
What worthwhile thing are you doing !?

BlackTopBum wrote:

> Ed said something like a ...
>
>
>> Xine won't play dvds. No error msgs, just gets stuck at "Using
>> libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access". In fact it freezes - I have
>> to ctl-alt-esc out. Disk light flashes briefly every 10 secs or so,
>> but nothing happens. Latest veersions of xine-lib, xine-ui and
>> libdvdcss. Any clues, guesses, pointers, etc. appreciated.

> Using KDE? Have DVD / CD automount on Desktop? Run top and look at
> kded and xine - have several listed? Kill'em ! I turned off those
> "features" on my KDE 3.4.1 Desktop and have no more problems.

Use KDE, but no automount.

I discovered that once I kill xine, the cpu runs at 100%, and stays
there. If I try to mount the dvd, the cpu does the same. top shows no
process using 100%, or even close. This is weird.

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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:24:42 -0500, Ed wrote:

> BlackTopBum wrote:
>
>> Ed said something like a ...
>>
>>
>>> Xine won't play dvds. No error msgs, just gets stuck at "Using
>>> libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access". In fact it freezes - I have
>>> to ctl-alt-esc out. Disk light flashes briefly every 10 secs or so,
>>> but nothing happens. Latest veersions of xine-lib, xine-ui and
>>> libdvdcss. Any clues, guesses, pointers, etc. appreciated.
>
>> Using KDE? Have DVD / CD automount on Desktop? Run top and look at
>> kded and xine - have several listed? Kill'em ! I turned off those
>> "features" on my KDE 3.4.1 Desktop and have no more problems.
>
> Use KDE, but no automount.
>
> I discovered that once I kill xine, the cpu runs at 100%, and stays
> there. If I try to mount the dvd, the cpu does the same. top shows no
> process using 100%, or even close. This is weird.
Problem is with cdparanoi. It's trying to read the disk and detecting a
problem. Best way to fix it is run emerge -pv xine and see what flags are
enabled. Then edit /etc/portage/package.use to add/remove flags that may
be causing problems and rebuild.

As far as DVD playback goes, I stick with mplayer because it handles
everything I've thrown at it although I ended up having to figure out why
cdparanoi was causing problems.

Test wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:24:42 -0500, Ed wrote:
>
>
>>BlackTopBum wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ed said something like a ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Xine won't play dvds. No error msgs, just gets stuck at "Using
>>>>libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access". In fact it freezes - I have
>>>>to ctl-alt-esc out. Disk light flashes briefly every 10 secs or so,
>>>>but nothing happens. Latest veersions of xine-lib, xine-ui and
>>>>libdvdcss. Any clues, guesses, pointers, etc. appreciated.
>>
>>>Using KDE? Have DVD / CD automount on Desktop? Run top and look at
>>>kded and xine - have several listed? Kill'em ! I turned off those
>>>"features" on my KDE 3.4.1 Desktop and have no more problems.
>>
>>Use KDE, but no automount.
>>
>>I discovered that once I kill xine, the cpu runs at 100%, and stays
>>there. If I try to mount the dvd, the cpu does the same. top shows no
>>process using 100%, or even close. This is weird.
>
> Problem is with cdparanoi. It's trying to read the disk and detecting a
> problem. Best way to fix it is run emerge -pv xine and see what flags are
> enabled. Then edit /etc/portage/package.use to add/remove flags that may
> be causing problems and rebuild.
>
> As far as DVD playback goes, I stick with mplayer because it handles
> everything I've thrown at it although I ended up having to figure out why
> cdparanoi was causing problems.
Why would cdparanoia auto run when a dvd is inserted or xine is run?
That is weird.