[MPlayer-users] Mplayer Dvd Crash

[James Watkins]

RedHat Linux 8.0 psyche, Kde 3.0
MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2
Gainward Geforce4 ti4200 64MB ddr
Abit Kd7 motherboard, Via Kt400 & Vt8235, Ide Ultra Dma 33, 66, 100, 133
Amd Athlon Xp 1700+
256mb ddr memory
Ide Artec 16x Dvd-Rom, Linux Compat, 512KB buffer, Ultra Dma 0-2
Ide Yamaha LightSpeed3 24x10x40x Cdrw, 8MB buffer, Ultra Dma 2

Thanks in advance for anyone's help.  Sorry for the long post, I figured 
a long post would be more appreciated than a lot of uninformative short 
ones.  I did everything I could before running out of resources and 
needing to ask for help.  I am not a Linux guru so please try to explain 
things simply enough for me to follow and understand.

I have enabled dma by adding the option "options ide-cd dma=1" to 
"/etc/modules.conf" then I run "hdparm -d 1 /dev/dvd" and that fixes the 
choppy playback.

When playing dvds, it will play for about 30-45 minutes and then mplayer 
will just stop.  After that "crash" I have to close it using xkill.  I 
have tried to wait to see if it comes out of it, but it is unresponsive 
no matter how long I wait.  I have tried pausing it every 10 minutes and 
it will still do it about 30-45 minutes into the movie. I have also 
tried skipping to the end of the movie and it works fine no matter where 
in the movie it is playing until that 30-45 minutes. After the crash it 
will freeze my dvd drive.  I can not open it or mount it or unmount it 
unless I reboot Linux.  After I kill mplayer I can restart it and play 
files, but it will crash again if I try to access the dvd drive.  I have 
even tried mounting the dvd before playback. It would not be so bad if 
there was a way to reset my dvd drive like it does during a reboot 
without restarting, but I would not have the first clue as to where to 
find the commands to do so.  I hate to bring Windows into this, but it 
is worth noting that the dvds play fine all the way through in it.

When mplayer crashes I get these three errors, pretty much in this order 
but jumbled and repetitively until I xkill.  I do not get these errors 
in the Kde Konsole, but a virtual console:
hdd: cdrom_decode_status: 0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: cdrom_decode_error: 0x30
hdd: ATAPI reset complete

Here is some info on my motherboard:
[JWatkins at localhost /]$ cat /proc/ide/via
----------VIA BusMastering IDE Configuration----------------
Driver Version:                     3.35
South Bridge:                       VIA vt8235
Revision:                           ISA 0x0 IDE 0x6
Highest DMA rate:                   UDMA133
BM-DMA base:                        0xe400
PCI clock:                          33.3MHz
Master Read  Cycle IRDY:            0ws
Master Write Cycle IRDY:            0ws
BM IDE Status Register Read Retry:  yes
Max DRDY Pulse Width:               No limit
-----------------------Primary IDE-------Secondary IDE------
Read DMA FIFO flush:          yes                 yes
End Sector FIFO flush:         no                  no
Prefetch Buffer:              yes                 yes
Post Write Buffer:            yes                 yes
Enabled:                      yes                 yes
Simplex only:                  no                  no
Cable Type:                   80w                 80w
-------------------drive0----drive1----drive2----drive3-----
Transfer Mode:       UDMA      UDMA      UDMA       DMA
Address Setup:       30ns      30ns      30ns      30ns
Cmd Active:          90ns      90ns      90ns      90ns
Cmd Recovery:        30ns      30ns      30ns      30ns
Data Active:         90ns      90ns      90ns      90ns
Data Recovery:       30ns      30ns      30ns      30ns
Cycle Time:          30ns      22ns      60ns     120ns
Transfer Rate:   66.6MB/s  88.8MB/s  33.3MB/s  16.6MB/s

The dvds that crash (every single dvd I have tried has crashed):
The Mummy Returns, widescreen collectors edition
Fight Club, 2 dvd set
Matrix, 2 dvd set
Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me, normal version

		--thanks, James