[mythtvnz] dvd playback problem

[stuart]

Thank problem fixed was dev/dvd and it was should have been dev/dvd1 
changed in both areas  of the set up in frontend all working thanks 
again,and at least I know where to look to find the logs as well.
Stu

On 8/8/2010 2:15 PM, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:47 PM, stuart <stugo at xtra.co.nz 
> <mailto:stugo at xtra.co.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Nick and Brett
>     Had some issue getting log as the one I sent was bounced because
>     of size. In the end deleted all logs started sytem up  from
>     scratch shutdown front end and checked it looked ok and the
>     restarted and tried to load dvd . It looks to me like it has a
>     issue with loadeding the dvd, but from there I would be lost.
>     answer to Bretts questions:
>     Dvd mounts on desktop and say what the disk is, no other action is
>     asked, from there I am able to run it in vlc but only in stereo
>     and not in dts to the amp but the signal is being passed by the
>     optical cable.
>      And as my Linux ability is weak to at best how do I check that
>     mythtv has access to drive?
>     Once again thanks a lot for putting up with my lack of knowledge
>
>
> The log reveals the problem:
>
> libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd
> No such file or directory
> libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version svnR1169
> libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
> 2010-08-08 13:31:14.493 Failed to open DVD device at /dev/dvd
>
> Mythtv is looking for the dvd at /dev/dvd. This is apparently not what 
> your dvd device is set up as. You need to correct the device name in 
> Mythfrontend setup->Media settings->Videos settings->General settings 
> page 3. In my system the dvd is /dev/cdrom, it could be that on your 
> system or it could be /dev/dvd0 or something else.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
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