Vlc won't play DVD's on Ubuntu, or Kubuntu Intrepid

Fri Feb 6 16:11:20 UTC 2009

On Friday 06 February 2009 16:30, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Friday 06 February 2009 08:30, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> >> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 22:06 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
> >>> Which package exactly is the one the one
> >>> that hopefully will resolve my vlc problem.
> >>
> >> See here for details:
> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
> >
> > Hi Mario.
> >
> > I've already got the libdvdcss2 package installed, and as I said on my
> > previous post, Kaffeine, Xine, Totem, and Ogle play dvd's ok on Intrepid,
> > and also the Hardy version of vlc plays dvd's ok on Intrepid. I'ts only
> > the Intrepid version of vlc which is having problems.
> >
> > Since I installed the bunch of packages that came with
> > ubuntu-restricted-extras, Intrepids vlc plays for a bit longer before
> > coming to a stop. For example, the menu, which is a bit like a trailer,
> > plays for 6 secs, then the sound starts to break up, and at 9secs the
> > video goes static, and the sound stops. Vlc appears to be still running
> > the trailer though, as the progress bar is moving, the time is still
> > clocking up seconds, the harddrive is showing activity, and the light on
> > the optical drive is going on and off every half second or so. If I
> > advance the progress bar, it again will play a few secs of sound and
> > video, then stops again.
> >
> > If I slow the playback down to half speed, the trailer plays right
> > through, then repeats, with no problem. It just won't play at normal
> > speed.
> >
> > Nigel.
>
>     This sounds like a problem not with the codex but with the actual
> VLC software. Or it is not being read of the DVD properly. I would
> remove the current VLC software and reload it. My 8.10 with Gnome works
> just fine.
>
> Karl

Hi Karl.

Weird isn't it. First time I've ever had a problem with vlc. I've just tried 
starting it on the command line with the -v 2 option, which gives max verbose 
output, and some of the output is below. When vlc comes to a stop, there are 
a whole bunch of "main audio output warnings".

I think that I already have re-installed  it, but I'll give it another go. As 
I say, it's not just on Ubuntu Intrepid, but the same on Kubuntu Intrepid, 
but now I've removed the Kubuntu Intrepid vlc, and replaced it with the 
earlier version from Hardy, which works with no problems, as vlc always has 
done.

Output below from running vlc as, vlc -v 2

[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000378] playlist demux warning: invalid <playlist> attribute:"xmlns:vlc"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to 
use vlc without interface.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.2 from http://dvd.sf.net
libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
[00000410] dvdnav demux warning: cannot open dvdnav
[00000415] vcdx access warning: Can't get file status for 2:
No such file or directory
[00000415] vcdx access warning: could not retrieve file info for `2': No such 
file or directory
[00000415] vcdx access warning: can't open nrg image file 2 for reading
[00000415] access_directory access error: 2: No such file or directory
[00000415] access_mmap access warning: cannot open 2: No such file or 
directory
[00000415] access_file access error: cannot open file 2 (No such file or 
directory)
[00000415] cdda access warning: could not open 2
[00000409] main input error: open of `2' failed: could not create access: no 
suitable access module
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.2 from http://dvd.sf.net
libdvdnav: DVD Title: WILL_HAY_WINDBAG_THE_SAILOR
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 3EF757C6___MVB__
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): 
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file 
'/home/djmons/.dvdnav/WILL_HAY_WINDBAG_THE_SAILOR.map'
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fd0000. Regions: 2
[00000464] xvideo video output warning: no free XVideo port found for format 
0x30323449 (I420)
[00000464] xvideo video output warning: no free XVideo port found for format 
0x32595559 (YUY2)
[00000464] xvideo video output warning: no free XVideo port found for format 
0x36315652 (RV16)
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
[00000463] main decoder warning: dts != current_pts (-139147)
[00000463] main decoder warning: backward_pts != current_pts (-40000)
[00000476] a52 decoder: A/52 channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:192000
[00000494] message scale warning: message queue overflowed
[00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting 
resampling (71030)
[00000478] main audio output warning: buffer is 71030 late, triggering 
upsampling
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-25526), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting 
resampling (49063)
[00000478] main audio output warning: buffer is 48718 late, triggering 
upsampling
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-13467), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting 
resampling (61262)
[00000478] main audio output warning: buffer is 77980 late, triggering 
upsampling
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-37291), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: buffer is 44563 late, triggering 
upsampling
[00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (2565), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (46901), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (14915), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (18794), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9217), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-16642), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting 
resampling (64300)
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (19328), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9155), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-37161), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (62372), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (30942), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (62681), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (2889), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (30850), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (2937), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-24461), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting 
resampling (64429)
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (46958), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (18904), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (114483), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (114997), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (125281), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (86918), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (58927), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (74956), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (46954), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (18936), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-8216), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-37050), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-830), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (9938), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: input PTS is out of range (31357), 
trashing
[00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (3239), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-28720), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: computed PTS is out of range (62995), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (63080), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: output PTS is out of range (73785), 
clearing out
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (37723), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (7022), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (102989), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (74975), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (178873), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (147443), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (119045), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (91007), dropping 
buffer
[00000478] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (63653), dropping 
buffer
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The above warnings go on until I close vlc.

Nigel.