[mythtv-users] MythDVD falls over part way through watching DVD

[Mache Creeger]

At 04:31 PM 6/17/2008, David Rees wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Lindsay Mathieson
><lindsay.mathieson at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Stephen Robertson wrote:
> >> ring pause
> >> libdvdread: Can't seek to block 606767
> >> 2008-06-17 23:19:01.505 Error reading block from DVD: Error 
> reading NAV packet.
> >> libdvdread: Can't seek to block 606767
> >> 2008-06-17 23:19:01.512 Error reading block from DVD: Error 
> reading NAV packet.
> >> 2008-06-17 23:19:01.651 TV: Attempting to change from
> >> WatchingPreRecorded to None
> >> 2008-06-17 23:19:01.720 TV: Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
> >> 2008-06-17 23:19:02.819 DPMS Reactivated.
> >
> > POOMA U Here. To me it looks like its having difficulty reading the disc
> > - some DVD drives are more sensitive than others. I'd suggest cleaning
> > the disc and/or getting a different DVD drive.
>
>Yep, DVD drive can't read the disc for whatever reason.
>
>FWIW, I've had horrible luck with DVD players in my computers reading
>DVDs. Probably less than half the DVDs I try to watch or RIP can be
>read fully. Yet, the same DVD in my PS2 plays just fine. I've gone
>through 3 different DVD players with varying levels of success, but
>still don't have a good one.
>
>It would be nice if the internal player didn't give up so easily when
>encountering errors and instead skipped a couple sectors when an error
>is enountered and attempted to continue playing, instead.
>
>-Dave

Newly released DVD formats have been changing to thwart rippers. I 
use the current version DVDfab HD Decrypter on Windows. Its free and 
frequently updated http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm. I use xine to play 
DVD isos.

-- Mache 
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