cvlc apparently limited

Sat Aug 17 01:11:44 UTC 2013

Thanks for this info, the typescript file shows what happened after 
installing libdvdnav4 and libdvdcss2 and libdvdnav-dev, maybe  a little 
closer but not there yet:

Script started on Fri 16 Aug 2013 09:05:11 PM EDT
jude at d-216-36-20-9:~$ vlc dvd://1 /dev/sr0
VLC media player 2.0.3 Twoflower (revision 2.0.2-93-g77aa89e)
[[32;1m0x18db098[0m] inhibit interface error: [31;1mFailed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11[0m
[[32;1m0x18db098[0m] main interface error: [31;1mno suitable interface module[0m
[[32;1m0x18e8c78[0m] main interface error: [31;1mno suitable interface module[0m
[[32;1m0x16c7108[0m] main libvlc error: [31;1minterface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed[0m
[[32;1m0x16c7108[0m] main libvlc: [0;1mRunning vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.[0m
[[32;1m0x18e8f38[0m] qt4 interface error: [31;1mCould not connect to X server[0m
[[32;1m0x18e8f38[0m] skins2 interface error: [31;1mcannot initialize OSFactory[0m
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.0
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.13 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 1.2.13 for DVD access
libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd
No such file or directory
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd
[[32;1m0x1702c58[0m] dvdread demux error: [31;1mDVDRead cannot open source: /dev/dvd[0m
[[32;1m0x1702c58[0m] main demux error: [31;1mPlayback failure[0m
[[32;1m0x1702c58[0m] main demux error: [31;1mDVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".[0m
[[32;1m0x1798ad8[0m] main input error: [31;1mopen of `dvd://1' failed[0m
[[32;1m0x1798ad8[0m] main input error: [31;1mYour input can't be opened[0m
[[32;1m0x1798ad8[0m] main input error: [31;1mVLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://1'. Check the log for details.[0m
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.0
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.13 for DVD access
[[32;1m0x18e8f38[0m] [cli] lua interface: [0;1mListening on host "*console".[0m
VLC media player 2.0.3 Twoflower
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
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
[[32;1m0x179a668[0m] filesystem access error: [31;1mfailed to read (Input/output error)[0m
[[32;1m0x179a668[0m] main access error: [31;1mFile reading failed[0m
[[32;1m0x179a668[0m] main access error: [31;1mVLC could not read the file (Input/output error).[0m
[[32;1m0x178fb88[0m] main stream error: [31;1mcannot pre fill buffer[0m
shutdown
Shutting down.
[[32;1m0x18e8f38[0m] [cli] lua interface: [0;1mRequested shutdown.[0m
Bye-bye!
> jude at d-216-36-20-9:~$ exit
exit

Script done on Fri 16 Aug 2013 09:06:44 PM EDT
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013, Doug Smith wrote:

> Ok, there are several things you need to know here, two exactly.  
> 
> First of all, you need libdvdnav and libdvdcss2.  These should be available from the debian and deb-multimedia repositories or from the repos of 
> whateverdistro you use.  
> 
> Second of all, that command is wrong.  It's 
> 
> cvlc dvd://1 /dev/sr0
> 
> or whatever the path to your dvd device is.  
> 
> The commercial dvd will only work with libdvdcss2 and that is the one that is available from deb-multimedia and/or ubuntu, whichever distro you use.  
> 
> 
> 
> Hope this helps. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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