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problems with dvd playback in Mint 14

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:29 am
by pavelkh
I've got problem with dvd viewing recently.
System: Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon.
VLC does not work with dvd: message in terminal after dvd opening: "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" (this is at the end of the log), then vlc is closing.
MPlayer crashes after I try to play disk.
I can watch dvd with Movie Player (totem), but navigation is buggy and I even can not get to certain chapter.
Please help.

Re: problems with dvd playback in Mint 14

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:43 pm
by jungle_boy
Try smplayer or xine-ui (better)

Re: problems with dvd playback in Mint 14

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:15 am
by pavelkh
Thanks,

I found that some movies work fine with vlc.
Looks like xine plays all movies including the movies that vlc does not play.
So, xine may be a partial solution.
But I found that behavior of each player strongly depends on disk - I do not know how and why.
For example, in one case xine plays animation in dvd menu (looks like randomly) and menu is not active.
None of the player is 100% perfect - meaning the situation is possible when I have to try all of them before I find a good one for the particular disk - it is not good.
So, the problem remains and still unclear since everything worked well a week ago and now it does not.
I will appreciate suggestions for debugging.
Thanks

Re: problems with dvd playback in Mint 14

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:24 pm
by jungle_boy
OK.

Re: problems with dvd playback in Mint 14

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:32 pm
by karen
8) this worked for me . just use copy and past , from this link, if you want to try some things on it, its my post i made cuz i had problems playing encrypted dvd's and now i can . ok here is a link to my post.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=124804.

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oh if you do try it and a "Microsoft EULA agreement for ttf-mscorefonts-installer?" pops up, then read this link i found .

http://askubuntu.com/questions/16225/ho ... -installer

i hope this helps, if not then i need a spanking

Re: problems with dvd playback in Mint 14

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:46 pm
by pavelkh
Thank you.
I tried that. Apparently, I had all that installed.
Nothing changed.
Still, xine is the best solution (except for one particular disc).
I think I can live with that.
Will post if find any relevant info on the errors in vlc.