[MPlayer-users] playing DVDs with mplayer×

[Pierre Frenkiel]

hi,
I'm trying to play a dvd with mplayer.
(OS = Debian Stretch)
==> mplayer dvd://
it crashes with the following output:

MPEG-PS file format detected.
MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 57.64.101 (external)
Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 720x576 => 768x576 Planar YV12
[mpeg2video @ 0x7efbf299fae0]ac-tex damaged at 18 22
[mpeg2video @ 0x7efbf299fae0]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0x7efbf299fae0]concealing 630 DC, 630 AC, 630 MV errors in I frame
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 720x576 => 768x576 Planar YV12
V: 0.3 2/ 2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0


Exiting... (End of file)

Did anybody tried it ?

best regards,

[Matt Zagrabelny]

Hello Pierre,

hi,
I'm trying to play a dvd with mplayer. (OS = Debian Stretch)

Have you installed libdvdcss?

https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#Video_DVD

Cheers,

-m

[Reimar Döffinger]

hi,
I'm trying to play a dvd with mplayer. (OS = Debian Stretch)
==> mplayer dvd://
V: 0.3 2/ 2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0
Exiting... (End of file)

I don't see a crash, it looks like it plays the first title, and that one is only 0.3 seconds long.
Compare with lsdvd.
Not all DVDs will be playable with dvd://, some might need at least dvdnav:// and some will simply not play without much effort due to attempts by the producers to make them unplayable with anything but standalone DVD players.
It often is easier to make a copy, e.g. with makemkv than playing directly (insert joke about the irony of "copy protection" meaning you have to make a copy just to watch it).