Re: /dev/dvd problem and question
--- Curt Howland <Howland@Priss.com> wrote:
> I have an American DVD of "A Bridge Too Far" which won't decode, not
> because it cannot be read, but because it goes into a cataleptic loop
> when trying to (to quote mplayer) "Attempting to get all the keys,
> this could take a long time".
This is often linked to a poorly-configured region setting.
> A friend of mine sent me a data DVD+R which just won't be read, and
> this is supposed to be a DVD+-R/RW. Sony makes really pretty
> hardware, but it is a pain in the butt in "unique" ways too. K3B
> chokes when I try to write a DVD also.
Then you probably have a poor DVD-writer....
-- Thomas Adam
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