Re: [xine-user] Xine hangs when playing kinda broken DVD

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--- Michael Roitzsch <mr...@us...>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> > > > I use xine-rc5. when playing some DVD, xine
> hangs.
> > > > This happen too when i play it with MPlayer.
> > > >
> > > > But when i play it with winDVD, it run almost
> > > > perfectly. no lock up happen.
> > >
> > > Could you have a look at the syslog? (usually a
> file
> > > /var/log/messages or
> > > similar, maybe also dumped to some text console)
> Are
> > > there messages
> > > coinciding with you trying to play the DVD?
> >
> > Hmmm...
> >
> > I saw the task_no_init like error. something you
> see
> > when linux accessing fault hard drive. And i
> assume
> > linux can't read the DVD.
> >
> > If that's the case, then why WinDVD can Read the
> DVD
> > just fine.  when WinDVD encounter the broken spot,
> it
> > pause for a while, then continue playing it. Like
> > ignoring the broken place. Some DVD player haves
> this
> > function too. Maybe (my assumption) this have
> > something to do with libdvdread ?
> 
> WinDVD probably plays the DVD because Windows has a
> different way of reporting 
> errors. With Linux, the problem is that the kernel
> will try reading the 
> defective spot over and over again until it finally
> decides to report an 
> error to the calling application. When this happens,
> it is much too late for 
> xine to react approptiately.
> 
> Michael
> 
> -- 

Hmmm...in that case, can dvd defective-proof reading
be implement to xine ? This is just a suggestion :)...

By the way, why my subtitle is oversized ? i set the
subtitle to small. i run xine as a root to test it. 

Thanx...


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