Re: /dev/dvd problem and question

2004-07-01 Thread Alex Derkach
I remember hearing about some kind of region-lock on DVD-ROMs, maybe this could be an example of that (although that wouldnt explain why _some_ japanese DVDs are working...) * Curt Howland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > More information. I tried to mount /cdrom with a DVD in the drive, and > these s

Re: /dev/dvd problem and question

2004-07-01 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an American DVD of "A Bridge Too Far" which won't decode, not > because it cannot be read, but because it goes into a cataleptic loop > when trying to (to quote mplayer) "Attempting to get all the keys, > this could take a long time". This

Re: /dev/dvd problem and question

2004-07-01 Thread Curt Howland
I have an American DVD of "A Bridge Too Far" which won't decode, not because it cannot be read, but because it goes into a cataleptic loop when trying to (to quote mplayer) "Attempting to get all the keys, this could take a long time". A friend of mine sent me a data DVD+R which just won't be r

Re: /dev/dvd problem and question

2004-07-01 Thread Curt Howland
More information. I tried to mount /cdrom with a DVD in the drive, and these showed up in dmesg: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: packet command error: error=0x54 cdrom: open failed. And a silly thing seems to be happening: The American DVD's are wo

/dev/dvd problem and question

2004-07-01 Thread Curt Howland
Upgrading to 2.6.6 seems to have disconnected my DVD. xine says it cannot decode DVD, and mplayer gives the following error: - Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars) libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access libdvdread: Could not open /d