VideoLAN Client v0.4.4 freezes when playing DVDs

[Phillip Pi]

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Gildas Bazin wrote:

> On Sunday 18 August 2002 23:35, Phillip Pi wrote:
> > Hi. I am having problems playing DVDs in VideoLAN Client v0.4.4. I
> > compiled and installed:
> > 
> > I am using Red Hat Linux v7.2 (default Kernel). I was trying to play Star
> > Wars: The Phantom of Menace (SW:TPM) and The Lord of the Ring (LOTR) DVDs
> > for tests. Here is the sample log from SW:TPM DVD:
> > 
> > [ant at ANTux-P3 download]$ vlc -vvv
> > VideoLAN Client - version 0.4.4_2002-08-18 Ourumov - (c) 1996-2002 
> > VideoLAN
> ...
> > module: locking memcpy module `memcpymmxext'
> > module: locking interface module `gtk'
> > intf: interface initialized
> > 
> > Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: 
> > "ruler_horiz.png" line 1117
> ...
> > dvd info: title first 503903, last 3593430, size 3593431
> > module: locking access module `dvd'
> > intf: stream has changed, refreshing interface
> > 
> > VideoLAN client (Gtk+ interface) is frozen at this point. I can't close it 
> > the normal way. I have to kill it and use ctrl-c to break out of it:
> 
> Anyway, you should be able to check if the problem comes from the GTK 
> plugin. Try to use VLC with another interface plugin ("vlc --intf dummy" 
> for instance).

I hope I did it right, but it still didn't work:

[ant at ANTux-P3 download]$ vlc --intf dummy --dvd /dev/dvd -vvvv
VideoLAN Client - version 0.4.4_2002-08-18 Ourumov - (c) 1996-2002 
VideoLAN

module: checking built-in modules
module: new builtin module `idct', IDCT module
module: new builtin module `idctclassic', classic IDCT module
module: new builtin module `motion', motion compensation module
module: new builtin module `imdct', AC3 IMDCT module
module: new builtin module `downmix', AC3 downmix module
module: new builtin module `chroma_i420_rgb', I420,IYUV,YV12 to 
RGB,RV15,RV16,RV24,RV32 conversions
module: new builtin module `chroma_i420_yuy2', conversions from 
I420,IYUV,YV12 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv,Y211
module: new builtin module `chroma_i422_yuy2', conversions from I422 to 
YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv,Y211
module: new builtin module `chroma_i420_ymga', conversions from 
I420,IYUV,YV12 to YMGA
module: new builtin module `mpeg_adec', MPEG I/II layer 1/2 audio decoder
module: new builtin module `ac3_adec', software AC3 decoder
module: new builtin module `mpeg_vdec', MPEG I/II video decoder module
module: new builtin module `memcpymmx', MMX memcpy module
module: new builtin module `idctmmx', MMX IDCT module
module: new builtin module `motionmmx', MMX motion compensation module
module: new builtin module `chroma_i420_rgb_mmx', MMX I420,IYUV,YV12 to 
RV15,RV16,RV24,RV32 conversions
module: new builtin module `chroma_i420_yuy2_mmx', MMX conversions from 
I420,IYUV,YV12 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv
module: new builtin module `chroma_i422_yuy2_mmx', MMX conversions from 
I422 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv
module: new builtin module `chroma_i420_ymga_mmx', MMX conversions from 
I420,IYUV,YV12 to YMGA
module: new builtin module `memcpymmxext', MMX EXT memcpy module
module: new builtin module `idctmmxext', MMX EXT IDCT module
module: new builtin module `motionmmxext', MMXEXT motion compensation 
module
module: new builtin module `memcpy3dn', 3D Now! memcpy module
module: new builtin module `imdct3dn', 3D Now! AC3 IMDCT module
module: new builtin module `downmix3dn', 3D Now! AC3 downmix module
module: new builtin module `imdctsse', SSE AC3 IMDCT module
module: new builtin module `downmixsse', SSE AC3 downmix module
module: new builtin module `dvd', DVD input module, uses libdvdcss
module: new builtin module `xvideo', XVideo extension module
module: checking plugin modules
module: browsing `.'
module: browsing `plugins'
module: browsing `/usr/local/lib/videolan/vlc'
module: new plugin module `dummy', dummy functions module
module: new plugin module `null', the Null module that does nothing
module: new plugin module `rc', remote control interface module
module: new plugin module `logger', file logging interface module
module: new plugin module `mpeg_es', ISO 13818-2 MPEG Elementary Stream 
input
module: new plugin module `mpeg_ps', ISO 13818-1 MPEG Program Stream input
module: new plugin module `mpeg_ts', ISO 13818-1 MPEG Transport Stream 
input
module: new plugin module `mpeg_audio', MPEG I/II Audio stream demux
module: new plugin module `file', Standard filesystem file reading
module: new plugin module `udp', Raw UDP access plug-in
module: new plugin module `http', HTTP access plug-in
module: new plugin module `ipv4', IPv4 network abstraction layer
module: new plugin module `memcpy', libc memcpy module
module: new plugin module `lpcm_adec', linear PCM audio decoder
module: new plugin module `ac3_spdif', SPDIF pass-through AC3 decoder
module: new plugin module `spudec', DVD subtitles decoder module
module: new plugin module `filter_deinterlace', deinterlacing module
module: new plugin module `filter_invert', invert video module
module: new plugin module `filter_wall', image wall video module
module: new plugin module `filter_transform', image transformation module
module: new plugin module `filter_distort', miscellaneous video effects 
module
module: new plugin module `filter_clone', image clone video module
module: new plugin module `filter_crop', image crop video module
module: new plugin module `fx_scope', scope effect module
module: new plugin module `dvdread', DVDRead input module
module: new plugin module `vcd', VCD input module
module: new plugin module `ipv6', IPv6 network abstraction layer
module: new plugin module `avi', RIFF-AVI Stream input
module: new plugin module `x11', X11 module
module: new plugin module `sdl', Simple DirectMedia Layer module
module: new plugin module `fb', Linux console framebuffer module
module: new plugin module `dsp', Linux OSS /dev/dsp module
module: new plugin module `gtk', Gtk+ interface module
module: module bank initialized, found 63 modules
intf: playlist initialized
module: locking memcpy module `memcpymmxext'
module: locking interface module `dummy'
intf: interface initialized
module: hiding unused plugin module `gtk'
module: hiding unused plugin module `dsp'
module: hiding unused plugin module `fb'
module: hiding unused plugin module `sdl'
module: hiding unused plugin module `x11'
module: hiding unused plugin module `avi'
module: hiding unused plugin module `ipv6'
module: hiding unused plugin module `vcd'
module: hiding unused plugin module `dvdread'
module: hiding unused plugin module `fx_scope'
module: hiding unused plugin module `filter_crop'
module: hiding unused plugin module `filter_clone'
module: hiding unused plugin module `filter_distort'
module: hiding unused plugin module `filter_transform'
module: hiding unused plugin module `filter_wall'
module: hiding unused plugin module `filter_invert'
module: hiding unused plugin module `filter_deinterlace'
module: hiding unused plugin module `spudec'
module: hiding unused plugin module `ac3_spdif'
module: hiding unused plugin module `lpcm_adec'
module: hiding unused plugin module `memcpy'
module: hiding unused plugin module `ipv4'
module: hiding unused plugin module `http'
module: hiding unused plugin module `udp'
module: hiding unused plugin module `file'
module: hiding unused plugin module `mpeg_audio'
module: hiding unused plugin module `mpeg_ts'
module: hiding unused plugin module `mpeg_ps'
module: hiding unused plugin module `mpeg_es'
module: hiding unused plugin module `logger'
module: hiding unused plugin module `rc'
module: hiding unused plugin module `null'

 
> Also make sure that you are waiting long enough before killing VLC. It 
> sometimes take a long time to crack the DVD CSS keys (sometimes about 
> 1min).

When it is cracking, does the CPU usage go up? Mine didn't go up. I wait 
for over a minute :(.

Thank you in advance. :)


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