[MPlayer-users] Why won't MPlayer play my DVDs?

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hi,
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 12:20:25AM -0500, Andrew A. Gill wrote:
> Too late!  I've recompiled!
> 
> Here's what I can give you.  Same stuff, but this time with -v 
> and debug=3.

debug=3 doesn't change the debugging output on the terminal, it only
works better with gdb/valgrind - both of which probably won't be any
help.

> >What you've provided however, isn't
> >really enough.  Verbose output means "mplayer -v"
> >
> >Do you see any picture?  Is audio the only problem?
> 
> I see a garbled picture.  Here's a link:

Things to try:
-demuxer lavf
use vobcopy (with libdvdcss!) on the DVD and try to play the resulting
file.

> <http://www.needsfoodbadly.com/dvdscrambled1.png>
> 
> Some are even pretty clear:
> 
> <http://www.needsfoodbadly.com/dvdscrambled2.png>
> 
> But that's not clear enough to be enjoyable.

CSS only scrambles parts of the stream, so it could be that of course...

> Starting playback...
>   {ERROR5,c=0}  
>   {ERROR5,c=0}  
>   {ERROR5,c=0}  

The demuxer thinks the file you're trying to play is quite broken...

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger