Activity log for bug #1248194

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2013-11-05 14:17:05 Pierre bug added bug
2013-11-05 14:23:32 Pierre description Gnome-Mplayer & Mplayer fail to open commercial DVD movies (or tv recordings) since Lubuntu Saucy or even perhaps 13.04 (not tested). It seems to look for them in /dev/dvd while the video is mounted in /dev/sr0. There is no /dev/dvd on my system. This could be partly due to the RESUME which looks for /dev/dvd even when I start with the command: gnome-mplayer /dev/sr0 Before the RESUME popup, things appear to be normal: gnome-mplayer /dev/sr0 GMLIB-Message: after init: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri= GMLIB-Message: /dev/sda5 is at / GMLIB-Message: proc is at /proc GMLIB-Message: sysfs is at /sys GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/fs/cgroup GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/fs/fuse/connections GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/kernel/debug GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/kernel/security GMLIB-Message: udev is at /dev GMLIB-Message: devpts is at /dev/pts GMLIB-Message: tmpfs is at /run GMLIB-Message: none is at /run/lock GMLIB-Message: none is at /run/shm GMLIB-Message: none is at /run/user GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/fs/pstore GMLIB-Message: binfmt_misc is at /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc GMLIB-Message: systemd is at /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd GMLIB-Message: gvfsd-fuse is at /run/user/1000/gvfs GMLIB-Message: /dev/sr0 is at /media/myusername/DVDVIDEO GMLIB-Message: /dev/sr0 is mounted on /media/myusername/DVDVIDEO After I answer Yes or No to the popup, I get this and a new popup telling me it cannot find /dev/dvd GMLIB-Message: in media state change with state = unknown dontplaynext = 0 If run: gnome-mplayer /dev/dvd, I get the following message: gnome-mplayer /dev/dvd GMLIB-Message: after init: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri= GMLIB-Message: in media state change with state = unknown dontplaynext = 0 If I run the command that worked in earlier versions: mplayer -mouse-movements dvdnav:// I get this output: mplayer -mouse-movements dvdnav:// MPlayer svn r34540 (Ubuntu), built with gcc-4.7 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing dvdnav://. libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.0 libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.13 for DVD access libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No such file or directory) No stream found to handle url dvdnav:// Exiting... (End of file) As a TEMPORARY fix, I added to /etc/rc.local: ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd exit 0 This adds a /dev/dvd link to /dev/sr0 each time I reboot partially fixes the problem but does not fix the bug that everyone else will run into. With this Gnome-Mplayer works normally. Mplayer will play the video but the text of the menu stays on screen while the video plays (i.e. does not really works). FURTHER TESTING WITH VLC (without the ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd above) VLC run normally with the following commands: vlc /dev/sr0 vlc /dev/cdrom but has the 'cannot find /dev/dvd error with: vlc /dev/dvd vlc dvdnav:// does not work either and produces the following output: VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower (revision 2.0.8a-0-g68cf50b) [0x9c41908] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.0 libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.13 for DVD access libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD [0xb5200618] main input error: open of `dvdnav://' failed This is a major issue. Not being able to play DVDs is just not acceptable to most people. It is harming Ubuntu's reputation. I hope this can be fixed asap and prior to the next version. Thanks. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-mplayer 1.0.8-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Nov 5 08:46:44 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-15 (720 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-mplayer UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-19 (16 days ago) Gnome-Mplayer & Mplayer fail to open commercial DVD movies (or tv recordings) since Lubuntu Saucy or even perhaps 13.04 (not tested). It seems to look for them in /dev/dvd while the video is mounted in /dev/sr0. There is no /dev/dvd on my system. This could be partly due to the RESUME which looks for /dev/dvd even when I start with the command: gnome-mplayer /dev/sr0 Before the RESUME popup, things appear to be normal: gnome-mplayer /dev/sr0 GMLIB-Message: after init: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri= GMLIB-Message: /dev/sda5 is at / GMLIB-Message: proc is at /proc GMLIB-Message: sysfs is at /sys GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/fs/cgroup GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/fs/fuse/connections GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/kernel/debug GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/kernel/security GMLIB-Message: udev is at /dev GMLIB-Message: devpts is at /dev/pts GMLIB-Message: tmpfs is at /run GMLIB-Message: none is at /run/lock GMLIB-Message: none is at /run/shm GMLIB-Message: none is at /run/user GMLIB-Message: none is at /sys/fs/pstore GMLIB-Message: binfmt_misc is at /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc GMLIB-Message: systemd is at /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd GMLIB-Message: gvfsd-fuse is at /run/user/1000/gvfs GMLIB-Message: /dev/sr0 is at /media/myusername/DVDVIDEO GMLIB-Message: /dev/sr0 is mounted on /media/myusername/DVDVIDEO After I answer Yes or No to the popup, I get this and a new popup telling me it cannot find /dev/dvd GMLIB-Message: in media state change with state = unknown dontplaynext = 0 If run: gnome-mplayer /dev/dvd, I get the following message: gnome-mplayer /dev/dvd GMLIB-Message: after init: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri= GMLIB-Message: in media state change with state = unknown dontplaynext = 0 If I run the command that worked in earlier versions: mplayer -mouse-movements dvdnav:// I get this output: mplayer -mouse-movements dvdnav:// MPlayer svn r34540 (Ubuntu), built with gcc-4.7 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing dvdnav://. libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.0 libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.13 for DVD access libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No such file or directory) No stream found to handle url dvdnav:// Exiting... (End of file) As a TEMPORARY fix, I added to /etc/rc.local: ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd exit 0 This adds a /dev/dvd link to /dev/sr0 each time I reboot partially fixes the problem but does not fix the bug that everyone else will run into. With this Gnome-Mplayer works normally. Mplayer will play the video but the text of the menu stays on screen while the video plays (i.e. does not really works). FURTHER TESTING WITH VLC (without the ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd above) VLC run normally with the following commands: vlc /dev/sr0 vlc /dev/cdrom but has the 'cannot find /dev/dvd error with: vlc /dev/dvd vlc dvdnav:// does not work either and produces the following output: VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower (revision 2.0.8a-0-g68cf50b) [0x9c41908] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.0 libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.13 for DVD access libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD [0xb5200618] main input error: open of `dvdnav://' failed NOTE: I have had the same problem on a clean install of Lubuntu 13.10 on a separate partition on the same PC. This is a major issue. Not being able to play DVDs is just not acceptable to most people. It is harming Ubuntu's reputation. I hope this can be fixed asap and prior to the next version. Thanks. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-mplayer 1.0.8-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Nov 5 08:46:44 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-15 (720 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-mplayer UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-19 (16 days ago)
2013-11-13 22:30:52 Sebastian Ramacher gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2013-11-14 14:41:37 Pierre attachment added mplayer.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-mplayer/+bug/1248194/+attachment/3908889/+files/mplayer.txt
2013-11-15 17:49:46 Sebastian Ramacher affects gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu) mplayer (Ubuntu)
2013-11-15 17:49:46 Sebastian Ramacher mplayer (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2014-05-08 19:42:59 Launchpad Janitor mplayer (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2016-03-03 12:14:44 Dirk F bug watch added http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777268
2016-03-03 12:17:44 Dirk F bug task added gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu)
2016-03-03 12:20:32 Dirk F bug task added mplayer2 (Ubuntu)
2016-03-03 12:21:08 Launchpad Janitor gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2016-03-03 12:21:08 Launchpad Janitor mplayer2 (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2016-03-03 12:24:16 Dirk F bug added subscriber Dirk F
2019-04-28 14:17:35 Pierre removed subscriber Pierre