VideoLAN Client v0.4.4 freezes when playing DVDs

[Phillip Pi]

> > > 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
> > > 
> 
> Actually no, the right command would be "vlc --intf dummy dvd:/dev/dvd 
> -vvvv"
> 
> > >  
> > > > 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 :(.
> > > 
> 
> Could you check this again with the above command?

OK, I will try that later.

 
> The other thing you could try is to play with the DVDCSS_METHOD environment 
> variable. Try to set it to the different choices available 
> (title|disc|key).

Do you mean start with a different title/disc/key from command line? I am 
confused at this part.

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