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HyperHacker
20th September 2008, 08:25
I just got this DVD (region 1, first of a 4-disc set) and tried to play it in mplayer on Xubuntu. The results:
Start mplayer.
Let disc spin for about 5 minutes while nothing happens.
Give up, try playing in Totem, which freezes.
Start mplayer again, this time on chapter 2.
Message "MPEG-PS file format detected" appears in console after about 30 seconds of disc activity.
Disc spins for 10 minutes while nothing happens.
One-second "present by Pioneer" clip plays. :rolleyes:
mplayer starts chapter 3, which takes another 10 minutes.
One-second completely blank clip plays.
mplayer starts chapter 4, which only takes about 3 minutes.
Black screen with some corrupted garbage shows for about a minute, then "CRC check failed" is printed and clip ends.
mplayer starts chapter 5, which takes another 5 minutes.
Half-second of audio plays.
Wait for a minute at another black/corrupted screen.
Half-second of extremely loud corrupted audio, few seconds of silence, repeat a few times. Looks like the first 100 pixels or so of the image appear before turning into corrupted garbage.
I give up, clean the disc, try again, of course nothing changes.mplayer has normal-looking output:$ mplayer dvd:///2
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ (Family: 15, Model: 28, Stepping: 0)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
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 dvd:///2.
Option stream url: This URL doesn't have a hostname part.
There are 46 titles on this DVD.
There are 3 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
libdvdread: Invalid title IFO (VTS_01_0.IFO).
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 128.
audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (stereo) language: ja aid: 129.
number of audio channels on disk: 2.
subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: en
number of subtitles on disk: 1
MPEG-PS file format detected.


MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: video_read_propertiesThe first time I tried it these messages also appeared several times at startup:*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:767
for pgc->audio_control[i] = 0x00d2
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:770
for pgc->subp_control[i] = 0x76b80050and during (attempted) playback:a52: CRC check failed!
a52: error at resamplingFile listing of disc:/media/cdrom0:
AUDIO_TS
VIDEO_TS

/media/cdrom0/AUDIO_TS:

/media/cdrom0/VIDEO_TS:
VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VIDEO_TS.VOB
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_0.VOB
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_02_0.BUP
VTS_02_0.IFO
VTS_02_0.VOB
VTS_02_1.VOB
VTS_03_0.BUP
VTS_03_0.IFO
VTS_03_0.VOB
VTS_03_1.VOB
VTS_04_0.BUP
VTS_04_0.IFO
VTS_04_0.VOB
VTS_04_1.VOB
VTS_05_0.BUP
VTS_05_0.IFO
VTS_05_0.VOB
VTS_05_1.VOB
VTS_06_0.BUP
VTS_06_0.IFO
VTS_06_0.VOB
VTS_06_1.VOB
VTS_07_0.BUP
VTS_07_0.IFO
VTS_07_0.VOB
VTS_07_1.VOB
VTS_08_0.BUP
VTS_08_0.IFO
VTS_08_0.VOB
VTS_08_1.VOB
VTS_09_0.BUP
VTS_09_0.IFO
VTS_09_0.VOB
VTS_09_1.VOB
VTS_10_0.BUP
VTS_10_0.IFO
VTS_10_0.VOB
VTS_10_1.VOB
VTS_11_0.BUP
VTS_11_0.IFO
VTS_11_0.VOB
VTS_11_1.VOB
VTS_12_0.BUP
VTS_12_0.IFO
VTS_12_0.VOB
VTS_12_1.VOB
VTS_13_0.BUP
VTS_13_0.IFO
VTS_13_0.VOB
VTS_13_1.VOB
VTS_14_0.BUP
VTS_14_0.IFO
VTS_14_0.VOB
VTS_14_1.VOB
VTS_15_0.BUP
VTS_15_0.IFO
VTS_15_0.VOB
VTS_15_1.VOB
VTS_16_0.BUP
VTS_16_0.IFO
VTS_16_0.VOB
VTS_16_1.VOB
VTS_17_0.BUP
VTS_17_0.IFO
VTS_17_0.VOB
VTS_17_1.VOB
VTS_18_0.BUP
VTS_18_0.IFO
VTS_18_0.VOB
VTS_18_1.VOB
VTS_19_0.BUP
VTS_19_0.IFO
VTS_19_0.VOB
VTS_19_1.VOB
VTS_20_0.BUP
VTS_20_0.IFO
VTS_20_0.VOB
VTS_20_1.VOB
VTS_21_0.BUP
VTS_21_0.IFO
VTS_21_0.VOB
VTS_21_1.VOB
VTS_22_0.BUP
VTS_22_0.IFO
VTS_22_0.VOB
VTS_22_1.VOB
VTS_23_0.BUP
VTS_23_0.IFO
VTS_23_0.VOB
VTS_23_1.VOB
VTS_24_0.BUP
VTS_24_0.IFO
VTS_24_0.VOB
VTS_24_1.VOB
VTS_25_0.BUP
VTS_25_0.IFO
VTS_25_0.VOB
VTS_25_1.VOB
VTS_26_0.BUP
VTS_26_0.IFO
VTS_26_0.VOB
VTS_26_1.VOB
VTS_27_0.BUP
VTS_27_0.IFO
VTS_27_0.VOB
VTS_27_1.VOB
VTS_28_0.BUP
VTS_28_0.IFO
VTS_28_0.VOB
VTS_28_1.VOB
VTS_29_0.BUP
VTS_29_0.IFO
VTS_29_0.VOB
VTS_29_1.VOB
VTS_30_0.BUP
VTS_30_0.IFO
VTS_30_0.VOB
VTS_30_1.VOB
VTS_31_0.BUP
VTS_31_0.IFO
VTS_31_0.VOB
VTS_31_1.VOB
VTS_31_2.VOB
VTS_31_3.VOB
VTS_31_4.VOB
VTS_32_0.BUP
VTS_32_0.IFO
VTS_32_0.VOB
VTS_32_1.VOB
VTS_33_0.BUP
VTS_33_0.IFO
VTS_33_0.VOB
VTS_33_1.VOB
VTS_34_0.BUP
VTS_34_0.IFO
VTS_34_0.VOB
VTS_34_1.VOB
VTS_35_0.BUP
VTS_35_0.IFO
VTS_35_0.VOB
VTS_35_1.VOB
VTS_36_0.BUP
VTS_36_0.IFO
VTS_36_0.VOB
VTS_36_1.VOB
VTS_37_0.BUP
VTS_37_0.IFO
VTS_37_0.VOB
VTS_37_1.VOB
VTS_38_0.BUP
VTS_38_0.IFO
VTS_38_0.VOB
VTS_38_1.VOB
VTS_39_0.BUP
VTS_39_0.IFO
VTS_39_0.VOB
VTS_39_1.VOB
VTS_40_0.BUP
VTS_40_0.IFO
VTS_40_0.VOB
VTS_40_1.VOB
VTS_41_0.BUP
VTS_41_0.IFO
VTS_41_0.VOB
VTS_41_1.VOB
VTS_42_0.BUP
VTS_42_0.IFO
VTS_42_0.VOB
VTS_42_1.VOB
VTS_43_0.BUP
VTS_43_0.IFO
VTS_43_0.VOB
VTS_43_1.VOB
VTS_44_0.BUP
VTS_44_0.IFO
VTS_44_0.VOB
VTS_44_1.VOB
VTS_45_0.BUP
VTS_45_0.IFO
VTS_45_0.VOB
VTS_45_1.VOB

Is this some sort of f'd-up protection, or just a defective disc? 46 sure seems like an awful lot of titles.

The disc seems to have bad sectors:$ dd if=/dev/dvd of=/home/hyperhacker/may.iso
dd: reading `/dev/dvd': Input/output error
2536+0 records in
2536+0 records out
1298432 bytes (1.3 MB) copied, 1.56902 s, 828 kB/s(/dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd are both the disc...)
I also tried it on my laptop, it's not much better. It doesn't take ages to start, and instead of a single corrupted frame, there's an entire screenful of animated garbage. Some chapters start as corrupted garbage and stuttering audio, then after a few seconds actually play normally for about 3 seconds, and then end.

mc2man
20th September 2008, 09:26
It looks an x-protect type disk. I'm not that familiar with xubuntu but for ubuntu/debian systems -
For vlc, totem-xine, xine-ui either a patched dvdnav may help (libdvdnav4-ifo
It installs alongside the current libdvdnav4 (uses a redirect
http://tobias.rautenkranz.ch/debian/
use the add repos, sudo apt-get install libdvdnav4-ifo method

Or just install the latest from here (for 8.04 only
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libdvdnav4
(just download and let your package manager install, don't uninstall current libdvdnav4 first (or you'll remove some players and libs

For mplayer you'll need to patch dvdread in the source first, then build.
Patch
http://tobias.rautenkranz.ch/03-udf.patch

These will allow playback of x-protect type titles (at least most.

Whatever the protection universal used on "reservation road' is not playable at all on linux, (only title I've ever seen that couldn't

setarip_old
20th September 2008, 15:32
@HyperHacker

Hi!

I'll ask the most obvious question - Have you tried playing the DVD on a standalone player, to see if it exhibits the same problematic behavior?

HyperHacker
21st September 2008, 01:56
It plays fine on my Xbox 360.

mc2man: Thanks, does that mplayer patch handle any other problematic protections? (I'm surprised such a versatile program doesn't emulate a standalone player well enough to work around them. O_o) I'm still fairly new to Linux; how do I get the mplayer source? Is it in apt-get or do I have to download it from the website?

Is there a decent DVD ripper for Linux that can handle this type of protection?

mc2man
21st September 2008, 04:01
Is there a decent DVD ripper for Linux that can handle this type of protection?

There is nothing as of yet saying this disk has such protection, only the appearance of such, your problems could be unrelated.
I'd install vlc, the patched or new libdvdnav4 and try title again.

As far as gui rippers K9copy is your best bet overall for sp. titles

mplayer patch handle any other problematic protections
no, one discussion of it in general
http://www.mail-archive.com/dvdnav-discuss@mplayerhq.hu/msg00362.html

I'm still fairly new to Linux; how do I get the mplayer source?*and how to compile?

i see you post on ubuntu forums - possibly a better place for that, followup questions, and playback issues (vs. a decrypting forum

setarip_old
21st September 2008, 05:25
@HyperHacker

The lack of duplicate .VOBs in the directory would usually indicate that this is NOT a DVD with "XProtect" copy protection.

Additionally, please look at all of the .IFO and .BUP names and indicated filesizes. If the .IFOs and .BUPs of each VTS don't have like filesizes and/or don't have ridiculously large filesizes, the DVD is very likely NOT a DVD with "XProtect" copy protection.

HyperHacker
21st September 2008, 05:37
The sizes are mostly the same (listed in bytes):
total 4270260224
1073565696 VTS_31_1.VOB
1073565696 VTS_31_2.VOB
1073565696 VTS_31_3.VOB
379822080 VTS_31_4.VOB
328470528 VTS_01_0.VOB
71809024 VTS_33_1.VOB
42735616 VTS_35_1.VOB
25503744 VTS_27_1.VOB
20563968 VTS_37_1.VOB
18620416 VTS_39_1.VOB
17948672 VTS_45_1.VOB
15632384 VTS_01_1.VOB
15632384 VTS_03_1.VOB
15267840 VTS_41_1.VOB
9656320 VTS_43_1.VOB
5601280 VTS_29_1.VOB
5410816 VTS_25_1.VOB
4872192 VTS_23_1.VOB
4694016 VTS_05_1.VOB
4569088 VTS_09_1.VOB
4493312 VTS_19_1.VOB
4233216 VTS_15_1.VOB
4151296 VTS_11_1.VOB
4149248 VTS_13_1.VOB
3815424 VTS_07_1.VOB
3739648 VTS_17_1.VOB
3649536 VTS_21_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_02_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_04_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_06_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_08_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_10_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_12_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_14_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_16_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_18_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_20_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_22_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_24_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_26_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_28_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_30_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_32_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_34_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_36_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_38_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_40_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_42_1.VOB
1150976 VTS_44_1.VOB
159744 VIDEO_TS.VOB
159744 VTS_02_0.VOB
159744 VTS_03_0.VOB
159744 VTS_04_0.VOB
159744 VTS_05_0.VOB
159744 VTS_06_0.VOB
159744 VTS_07_0.VOB
159744 VTS_08_0.VOB
159744 VTS_09_0.VOB
159744 VTS_10_0.VOB
159744 VTS_11_0.VOB
159744 VTS_12_0.VOB
159744 VTS_13_0.VOB
159744 VTS_14_0.VOB
159744 VTS_15_0.VOB
159744 VTS_16_0.VOB
159744 VTS_17_0.VOB
159744 VTS_18_0.VOB
159744 VTS_19_0.VOB
159744 VTS_20_0.VOB
159744 VTS_21_0.VOB
159744 VTS_22_0.VOB
159744 VTS_23_0.VOB
159744 VTS_24_0.VOB
159744 VTS_25_0.VOB
159744 VTS_26_0.VOB
159744 VTS_27_0.VOB
159744 VTS_28_0.VOB
159744 VTS_29_0.VOB
159744 VTS_30_0.VOB
159744 VTS_31_0.VOB
159744 VTS_32_0.VOB
159744 VTS_33_0.VOB
159744 VTS_34_0.VOB
159744 VTS_35_0.VOB
159744 VTS_36_0.VOB
159744 VTS_37_0.VOB
159744 VTS_38_0.VOB
159744 VTS_39_0.VOB
159744 VTS_40_0.VOB
159744 VTS_41_0.VOB
159744 VTS_42_0.VOB
159744 VTS_43_0.VOB
159744 VTS_44_0.VOB
159744 VTS_45_0.VOB
83968 VTS_31_0.BUP
83968 VTS_31_0.IFO
67584 VIDEO_TS.BUP
67584 VIDEO_TS.IFO
61440 VTS_01_0.BUP
61440 VTS_01_0.IFO
18432 VTS_02_0.BUP
18432 VTS_02_0.IFO
18432 VTS_03_0.BUP
18432 VTS_03_0.IFO
18432 VTS_04_0.BUP
18432 VTS_04_0.IFO
18432 VTS_05_0.BUP
18432 VTS_05_0.IFO
18432 VTS_06_0.BUP
18432 VTS_06_0.IFO
18432 VTS_07_0.BUP
18432 VTS_07_0.IFO
18432 VTS_08_0.BUP
18432 VTS_08_0.IFO
18432 VTS_09_0.BUP
18432 VTS_09_0.IFO
18432 VTS_10_0.BUP
18432 VTS_10_0.IFO
18432 VTS_11_0.BUP
18432 VTS_11_0.IFO
18432 VTS_12_0.BUP
18432 VTS_12_0.IFO
18432 VTS_13_0.BUP
18432 VTS_13_0.IFO
18432 VTS_14_0.BUP
18432 VTS_14_0.IFO
18432 VTS_15_0.BUP
18432 VTS_15_0.IFO
18432 VTS_16_0.BUP
18432 VTS_16_0.IFO
18432 VTS_17_0.BUP
18432 VTS_17_0.IFO
18432 VTS_18_0.BUP
18432 VTS_18_0.IFO
18432 VTS_19_0.BUP
18432 VTS_19_0.IFO
18432 VTS_20_0.BUP
18432 VTS_20_0.IFO
18432 VTS_21_0.BUP
18432 VTS_21_0.IFO
18432 VTS_22_0.BUP
18432 VTS_22_0.IFO
18432 VTS_23_0.BUP
18432 VTS_23_0.IFO
18432 VTS_24_0.BUP
18432 VTS_24_0.IFO
18432 VTS_25_0.BUP
18432 VTS_25_0.IFO
18432 VTS_26_0.BUP
18432 VTS_26_0.IFO
18432 VTS_27_0.BUP
18432 VTS_27_0.IFO
18432 VTS_28_0.BUP
18432 VTS_28_0.IFO
18432 VTS_29_0.BUP
18432 VTS_29_0.IFO
18432 VTS_30_0.BUP
18432 VTS_30_0.IFO
18432 VTS_32_0.BUP
18432 VTS_32_0.IFO
18432 VTS_33_0.BUP
18432 VTS_33_0.IFO
18432 VTS_34_0.BUP
18432 VTS_34_0.IFO
18432 VTS_35_0.BUP
18432 VTS_35_0.IFO
18432 VTS_36_0.BUP
18432 VTS_36_0.IFO
18432 VTS_37_0.BUP
18432 VTS_37_0.IFO
18432 VTS_38_0.BUP
18432 VTS_38_0.IFO
18432 VTS_39_0.BUP
18432 VTS_39_0.IFO
18432 VTS_40_0.BUP
18432 VTS_40_0.IFO
18432 VTS_41_0.BUP
18432 VTS_41_0.IFO
18432 VTS_42_0.BUP
18432 VTS_42_0.IFO
18432 VTS_43_0.BUP
18432 VTS_43_0.IFO
18432 VTS_44_0.BUP
18432 VTS_44_0.IFO
18432 VTS_45_0.BUP
18432 VTS_45_0.IFO

Also, Thunar's status bar says some of the .VOB files (02_1, 31_3, 31_4, and VIDEO_TS) have a resolution of 1x7493 (or 1x7492 for 31_2). Most don't show a resolution at all. No idea how accurate that is though.

blutach
21st September 2008, 06:55
Based on those sizes, what's wrong with the DVD - you could make an ISO and burn it to a DVD-5 (it's less than 4Gb). Please review setarip's advice.

Anyway, is this a decrypting problem or a playback one? Seems the disc can play on a standalone right? So it could be the playback software on your system.

Regards

HyperHacker
21st September 2008, 07:28
It's playing other discs fine, but none of the discs from this set work. I understood his post as saying if the files are not all the same size, then the disc probably isn't protected, so this one probably is. I can't make an ISO as dd hangs up on the bad sectors.

blutach
21st September 2008, 23:15
There are other rippers which may not hang up on bad sectors.

Regards