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<FONT FACE="Comic Sans MS">Hi,<BR>
I’m running Mac OS X 10.1.4 on a PowerMac G4 450MHz DP w/384MB of RAM and a 32MB GeForce 2MX-400. I also have QT6 beta, Toast, and El Gato’s SCSI CD-R .kext installed. I’ve tried all of the following on an iMac running Mac OS X 10.1.4, a 16MB ATI Rage 128 Pro, QT 5.0.2 and none of the other stuff installed, with the same results. VCL is installed in “Applications”. I can’t get the standard version of VCL 0.3.1 to play either VCDs or SVCDs at all. VCDs and SVCDs won’t play from disc (via terminal), and SVCD won’t play either off the disc (via terminal) or after moving the MPEG-2s to my HD (via Open File from the File menu). The only thing that works consistently is opening SVCD .bins on my HD via Open File from the File Menu. <BR>
I’ve also tried the CVS snapshot .dmg posted by Christophe Massiot on 5/7/02. It works to open VCDs about one in every 20 to 30 tries via Open Disc in the File Menu, but it still won’t have anything to do with SVCD via Open Disc or Open File. Again, I can open SVCD .bins on my HD just fine. The 5/12/02 .dmg CVS snapshot posted by Mr. Massiot won’t even load. It barely makes the Dock move and then quits without an error message... <BR>
The worst part about all these errors is that they aren’t consistent at all. When trying to play a VCD or SVCD, the most common one I get in Terminal (using either 0.3.1 version) is:<BR>
“input: vcd: no movie tracks found<BR>
module error: requested access module `vcd' unavailable<BR>
input error: no suitable access plug-in for `vcd/:/dev/rdisk4'”<BR>
But then, other times, with the same VCD or SVCD, I’ll instead get:<BR>
“vcd error: could not read block 323670<BR>
input: vcd: could not read sector 323670”<BR>
Other times, I’ll get:<BR>
“input error: read() failed (Input/output error)”<BR>
Finally, some times it’ll actually play in 0.3.1-05072002, usually if I pick Open Disc several times in a row very quickly. And then, about 10 minutes ago while trying to get vlc 0.3.1-05072002 to open a VCD I got my first kernel panic in OS X... It said something about IOCDStorage.<BR>
Is there something odd with my setup/install of VCL? This is very frustrating, as MacVCD X can play my VCDs without problem, so I know it isn’t a bad disc or two that are giving me these headaches. And it would be great for SVCDs to work in some way other than having to keep .bins on my HD all the time. That said, I’m glad I can play SVCDs in any way shape or form on the Mac right now, so thanks for the port of your app!!!<BR>
Any help is appreciated,<BR>
Jeff</FONT>
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