From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 10:07:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9808716A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:07:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp01corp.interwoven.com (smtp02corp.interwoven.com [65.161.4.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BE3343D2F for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:07:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aelmore@interwoven.com) Received: from exbesv01.Interwoven.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i2JI7m2k027757 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:07:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from relax.amer.interwoven.com ([10.192.9.96]) by exbesv01.Interwoven.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:07:48 -0800 Received: (from aelmore@localhost)i2JI7mDF054890 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:07:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aelmore) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:07:48 -0800 From: Andrew Elmore To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040319180748.GD50340@interwoven.com> References: <405A4124.1060802@cmsrtp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <405A4124.1060802@cmsrtp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Message-Flag: 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Mar 2004 18:07:48.0723 (UTC) FILETIME=[165B4430:01C40DDD] Subject: Re: Playing DVDs with xine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:07:51 -0000 On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 06:39:00PM -0600, Michael Madden wrote: > Has anyone gotten xine to play DVDs? I have installed > it from /usr/ports/multimedia/xine and setup /dev/dvd, > but I keep getting this error: > > This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.23. > (c) 2000-2003 The xine Team. > libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1-rc3a from http://xine.sf.net > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access > libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss. > libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading > libdvdnav: vm: faild to open/read the DVD > > ls -l /dev/dvd /dev/cd0 > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root operator 4, 20 Mar 18 07:47 /dev/cd0 > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 Mar 18 17:51 /dev/dvd -> /dev/cd0 Despite the error message, you probably need to make sure your userid can write to the dvd device. A good tool to use for solving this kind of problem is truss or ktrace. That will show you what the program is *really* doing! regards, Andrew