DVD playback with Kaffeine

[Django1565]

I installed Kubuntu 11.10 and am having problems getting DVD playback to work. I have spent some time going through the forums and have enabled medibuntu, installed libdvdcss2, and installed kubuntu-restricted-extras. Unfortunately, I am still getting the message "Error reading NAV packet". I would really appreciate some help on this. What am I missing here?

[vinnywright]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

see that you have libdvdnav4 installed !!

VINNY

[Django1565]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

It's already on there and is the newest version

[NoWorries]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

In my records of software to install with 11.10, I have libdvdcss2 as well as:

• libxine1-all-plugins
• libxine1-ffmpeg
• w64codecs
• non-free-codecs
• kbuntu-restricted-extras

Hope this helps get your DVD's playing.

[blobfish]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

Have you?

terminal:

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

[gurpal2000]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

just use VLC for everything. Kaffeine is good for DVB-T but that's about it.

[NoWorries]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

Dragon Player also does a good job playing DVD's.

I find that with Kaffeine, the menu "buttons" are not initially displayed on the title page. If an item is selected and the option to return to the title page is selected, the menu buttons are now shown. This is a bit of a nuisance and I hope that this is fixed soon.

[Django1565]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

I'm still getting the error about the NAV packet. Oddly enough, I have another laptop with the same version and NoWorries' list got it up and running just fine. I'd appreciate any other ideas.

[gurpal2000]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

Dragon Player also does a good job playing DVD's.

I find that with Kaffeine, the menu "buttons" are not initially displayed on the title page. If an item is selected and the option to return to the title page is selected, the menu buttons are now shown. This is a bit of a nuisance and I hope that this is fixed soon.

Hi menu button for what exactly? Mine are showing perfectly. File, Playback, Playlist, Television, Settings, Help ?

[NoWorries]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

Dragon Player also does a good job playing DVD's.

I find that with Kaffeine, the menu "buttons" are not initially displayed on the title page. If an item is selected and the option to return to the title page is selected, the menu buttons are now shown. This is a bit of a nuisance and I hope that this is fixed soon.

Hi menu button for what exactly? Mine are showing perfectly. File, Playback, Playlist, Television, Settings, Help ?

I was referring to the DVD menu invoked by Kaffeine when I use it to play a DVD. That is, when I insert a DVD and the Available Devices menu comes up with applications available for the DVD. When I select Kaffeine, it does not display the DVD title menu buttons that are next to the text which describes the button option.

I am currently way from home for about 2 weeks, and I cannot find a DVD to illustrate the problem as I can only find older ones with unsophisticated menus.

[NoWorries]

Re: DVD playback with Kaffeine

I have now found a DVD that illustrates the problem I am having with Kaffeine playing DVDs.

The first image below shows the title page of a DVD on startup. I then selected an item and after this retuned to the main menu. It then showed the selection icons for this DVD as shown in the second image. I find that because the selection icons are not displayed, several attempts have to be made to select an item.