brasero 2.28.0-0ubuntu1 breaks DVD playback and disrupts CD/DVD operation

[Klaus Doblmann]

Binary package hint: brasero

The update to brasero 2.28.0-0ubuntu1 broke DVD playback on my Karmic- machine. libdvdread failed on multiple titles to seek to certain positions, causing DVD-playback to either don't start at all or crash in the middle of the movie. This happened both in VLC and in (S)Mplayer. After reverting back to brasero 2.27.92-0ubuntu2 and rebooting the world was back to normal.

I suspect the commit in question that messed things up was (from the changenotes): "- fix a potential data corruption with dvdcss and libisofs in certain conditions"

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 1 10:09:47 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
Package: brasero 2.27.92-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_AT.UTF-8
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
SourcePackage: brasero
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, the commit you're pointing to is http://git.gnome.org/cgit/brasero/commit/?h=gnome-2-28&id=12ada48e177640310960ed63e6b74307686acfc7 ;i don't think that might cause the issue, but would be nice to test it, could you please revert that commit localy and test ? Thanks. BTW i have the same version installed and DVD playback works great here.

[Klaus Doblmann (moviemaniac)]

Thanks, Pedro, I'll try that tomorrow if I can get into GIT that soon - haven't really worked with it yet...

However there are multiple guys experiencing these problems, see this post (and the thread associated with it): http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8033337&postcount=27

It might not have been that exact commit (even though it touches the parts of DVD-playback making trouble) but it's definitely that libbrasero-media0-update that broke things for many people.

[Klaus Doblmann (moviemaniac)]

Another update: I changed the description of the bug because the bug affects much more stuff. My brother wasn't able to burn CDs or install programs in Wine until he reverted to version 2.27.92-0ubuntu2. Other guys are reporting mounting errors and/or problems when copying data from or burning to CDs/DVDs.

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

I have reverted a fully updated a6 to libbrasero/brasero 2.27.92 and have regained full and proper use of the cd/dvd drives.
Additionally the previously broken gksu nautilus is now fully functional both from Alt+F2 and the terminal

The only caveat to use of gksu nautilus is the cd/dvd drive must not be in an 'open' state

A screenshot is posted here showing a root nautilus, installed versions of brasero/libbrasero-media0, desktop icons and 2 drives correcting auto-mounting with notification

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8033337#post8033337