Re: [xine-user] crashing on dual-layer disks

[mike <0li...@sn...>]

Manfred Tremmel wrote:
> Am Samstag, 13. August 2005 15:59 schrieb mike:
> 
>>I'm running the current version of xine on Ubuntu (also current) and,
>>while watching a DVD yesterday, xine crashed. On rebooting, xine
>>crashed again in exactly the same spot. As I know the disk is
>>dual-layer (says so on the cover), I assume it is at the crossover
>>point that xine is crashing. I was able to get past it only by
>>skipping to the next chapter.
> 
> 
> I'm sure it's not a dual-layer problem. Nearly all video dvd's you can 
> buy are dual-layer and it doesn't matter, what layer is read (must be 
> done by the dvd drive).
> It may be a problem with a wrong encoded mpeg stream in this szene, a 
> error on the disk, or maybe a special copy protection.
> 

Yes, it does claim to use some sort of copy protection. But, why would 
that cause it to crash only at the same point about half-way through the 
film? Otherwise, it plays fine.

Mike