[MPlayer-users] Unable to play some DVDs (pre10 / RC1)

[James Green]

Hi all,

Using pre10 and rc1, I have two DVDs that no longer play in mplayer. I
note that MWN #1 mentions this problem, but I have tried the -demuxer
<1-24> fix which did not resolve the matter. Most of my DVDs play fine.
Here we go then with `mplayer -dvd 1`:

g at cyberstorm:~$ mplayer -dvd 1
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/share/locale


MPlayer 0.90pre10-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP
Multiprocessor/Athlon XP eXtreme Performance (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE

Reading /home/jg/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 44 audio & 110 video codecs
Font /home/jg/.mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system
startup scripts.
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/jg/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file
or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file
or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

Playing DVD title 1
Using CSS Key-cache dir: /home/jg/.mplayer/DVDKeys/DVDVOLUME
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 10 titles on this DVD.
There are 2 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Detected MPEG-PS file format!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
Encrypted stream but you did not request authentication!!
MPEG: No Audio stream found...  ->  no sound
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 2)  25.00 fps  11250.0 kbps (1406.2
kbyte/s)
vo: X11 running at 1280x960 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local
display)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
Couldn't find matching colorspace - retrying with -vop scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder v2.0
libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for IDCT transform
libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for motion compensation
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x576 => 768x576 Planar YV12 
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound!!!
Start playing...
V:   0.1    2   0%  0%  0.0% 0 0 0%

Exiting... (End of file)
jg at cyberstorm:~$ 

and with -demuxer 1:

jg at cyberstorm:~$ mplayer -dvd 1 -demuxer 1
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/share/locale


MPlayer 0.90pre10-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP
Multiprocessor/Athlon XP eXtreme Performance (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE

Reading /home/jg/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 44 audio & 110 video codecs
Font /home/jg/.mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system
startup scripts.
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/jg/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file
or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file
or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

Playing DVD title 1
Using CSS Key-cache dir: /home/jg/.mplayer/DVDKeys/DVDVOLUME
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 10 titles on this DVD.
There are 2 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened!
Detected MPEG-ES file format!
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 2)  25.00 fps  11250.0 kbps (1406.2
kbyte/s)
vo: X11 running at 1280x960 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local
display)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
Couldn't find matching colorspace - retrying with -vop scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder v2.0
libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for IDCT transform
libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for motion compensation
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x576 => 768x576 Planar YV12 
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound!!!
Start playing...
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
V:   0.7   17   0%  9%  0.0% 0 0 0%

Exiting... (End of file)

The window here opened for little less than one second before
disappearing, which is little less then one second better than the first
attempt!

Other -demuxer values end up:

Start playing...
V:   0.1    2   0%  0%  0.0% 0 0 0%

Exiting... (End of file)

Or:

DVD successfully opened!
============ Sorry, this file format is not recognized/supported
=============
=== If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the
author! ===


Exiting... (End of file)

So I am now at a loss. I'm on Debian Sid, and I compile mplayer from
released sources. I did not have this problem with older versions,
however since then I have completely reinstalled my PC onto a new hard
disk, so I'm not sure whether the problem is mplayer or my set up!


Any advice appreciated.

Kind regards,

James Green