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Date:      Fri, 9 Nov 2001 20:24:33 -0700
From:      Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>
To:        Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD-STABLE@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DVD errors
Message-ID:  <20011109202433.A83759@hollin.btc.adaptec.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011109215521.A701@laptop.lambertfam.org>
References:  <20011109215521.A701@laptop.lambertfam.org>

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On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 09:55:21PM -0500, Scott Lambert wrote:
> I have been running into some issues with DVD playback on my Toshiba Satellite
> 2805-s201.  During playback in vlc after a certain point in the movie, the 
> playback software, vlc 0.2.90, cores.  Further attempts to playback with vlc
> occasionally locks the machine for a few seconds before doing a reboot.
> 
> Using ogle always causes an instant reboot.
> 
> I am using FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE cvsuped in the afternoon of Nov 9.  Both of 
> Matt Dillon's vn fixes were included.
> 
> Has anyone else seen these types of issues?  I am wondering if this could be 
> a problem with FreeBSD's DVD support code.  I haven't seen anyone else making
> similar complaints on the vlc mailing list where most users are running Linux.

It's a bug in the acd driver.  When you try to read past the 4GB point
on the disc, boom.  It's been fixed in -current, but not -stable (though
I hear that this is being worked on).  Your only solution right now is
to move up to -current.

Scott

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