[MPlayer-users] Can't fast-forward on a DVD

[Alexander Roalter]

On 08.09.2010 16:52, Fabrice DELENTE wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I have tried to play one of my DVDs in mplayer on my computer, but even
> though the film is played correctly, hitting 'right arrow' or 'page up' to
> fast-forward stucks mplayer.
> 
> I don't have any warning or error message to report: mplayer just stops
> forever, and I have to ctrl-c to exit.
> 
> This is with
> 
> $ mplayer -v
> MPlayer SVN-r31984-4.3.3 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
> 
> I have many other DVDs that play just fine.
> 
> Any hint?
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Do you use dvd:// or dvdnav:// ?

What DVD are you trying to play? DVDs from Sony and different other
manufacturer have deliberately placed damaged sectors that might be the
problem. Does dmesg show read errors on the DVD drive?

-- 
cheers,
Alex