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    No Picture With DVD

    Hi, All,
    A little while ago, I installed the libdvd codecs. I just tried to watch a dvd in kaffeine. The soundtrack for the movie sounds beautiful, but... The screen is blue. A very pretty blue, to be sure, but I should be seeing my movie. What haven't I done here?

    Thanks,

    Steve
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    #2
    Re: No Picture With DVD

    The likelyhood is that your default colour depth is to high. Edit your xorg.conf file (as root) and look for the following section:
    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
    Monitor "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Modes "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection
    Your DefaultDepth entry is probably reflecting 24 (True Color). Change it to 16. Save the file and reboot your system. Try Kaffeine again with your DVD. See if you don't now get a picture.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      #3
      Re: No Picture With DVD

      Hey, Snowhog,
      I changed that setting from 24 to 16 rebooted the comp, and tried the dvd again; now, I don't even get any sound. What a video setting would have to do with audio, I don't know.... Any other thoughts?

      Thanks,

      Steve
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        #4
        Re: No Picture With DVD

        If all you changed was the color depth setting, that shouldn't have any effect on sound. But ....

        Have you followed my HOWTO: Get commercial DVD playback in Kaffeine? This ensures that you have all the required packages installed to get commercial DVD playback in Kaffeine.
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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          #5
          Re: No Picture With DVD

          Hey, Snowhog,
          I tried the following, per your Howto for 6.06, which is what I have:

          sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/dapper.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list (I copied and pasted it, so I could be sure I didn't spell anything wrong).

          This is what I got:

          steves@cruncher:~$ sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/dapper.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
          Password:
          --16:15:10-- http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/dapper.list
          => `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list'
          Resolving www.medibuntu.org... failed: Name or service not known.
          steves@cruncher:~$

          Steve
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            #6
            Re: No Picture With DVD

            Before you take the steps describe below, it will be helpful to see what your /etc/apt/sources.list looks like. While you are at it, check to see if you have the following directory:
            /etc/apt/sources.list.d
            If you do, is there a single file in it called:
            medibuntu.list

            If the directory and file don't exist (and I believe they do not), and your sources.list file does not contain the entry for the medibuntu repository, then procede with the following:

            Okay. We can do this the manual way. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file as root.
            Copy/paste the following to the end of the list:
            deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ dapper free non-free
            Save and close. Then, open a console and type:
            Code:
            sudo apt-get update
            You should then be able to procede starting with the instruction for adding the GPG key for medibuntu.
            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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              #7
              Re: No Picture With DVD

              I just looked for /etc/apt/sources.list.d . It IS there. medibuntu.list is in the directory, however, it is blank.
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                #8
                Re: No Picture With DVD

                You've got two threads going. Just realized that you already did the adding medibuntu repository (at least you posted that it worked).

                What is the date/time stamp on the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory?
                Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                  #9
                  Re: No Picture With DVD

                  Sorry about the double posting; the first one I started to find out about the repositories for the multi-media codecs, which I thought downloaded fine - mp3s play great. As this is a video question, I thought it was a seperate topic/issue. The time/date stamp is 2008-01-19 11:57. I believe that is when I installed the computer. I went ahead and edited the sources.list like you said, then ran apt-get update, then the pgp key. It all seemed to work (no errors), but when I search in Adept Manager for libxine1- plugins, the only thing it finds is libxine1c2.

                  Steve

                  btw- I just checked manage repositories, and packages.medibuntu.org is listed.
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                    #10
                    Re: No Picture With DVD

                    Understand.

                    Would be my guess, that the libxine1c2-plugins (that is what you find, yes?) is what you need for Dapper. What about the other listed packages in my Howto?

                    Is your CPU 64-bit?
                    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                      #11
                      Re: No Picture With DVD

                      I don't know if it's plugins or not; all it says underdescription is "the xine video/media player library, transitional package". There's no mention of plugins, either in the name or description. My system is several years old; AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU, 1.25GB DDR-RAM, Nvidia fx 5500 video card (I haven't installed the Nvidia drivers yet). I'm going to go ahead and install it and see what happens. I can't really hurt the system, as I just installed it this afternoon.

                      Steve
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                        #12
                        Re: No Picture With DVD

                        From my HOWTO:
                        6. Install the following packags if not already installed:
                        libdvdcss2
                        w32codecs
                        libxine1-plugins (this is an emply package that marks for installation the following packages)
                        libxine1-console
                        libxine1-ffmpeg
                        libxine1-gnome
                        libxine1-kde
                        The libxine1-plugins (listed above) is a meta-package that only points to the other listed files for installation. If Dapper doesn't list libxine1-plugins, then look for the listed individual files.
                        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                          #13
                          Re: No Picture With DVD

                          libdvdcss2 and w32codecs I installed earlier. I can not find anything listed as libxine1, except for that libxine1c2. I just installed that; it didn't seem to help. Doing a search in Adept Manager for libxine1 only comes up with libxine1c2. Nothing else.

                          Here is my sources.list:

                          ## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch updated software from the network
                          deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted
                          deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted

                          ## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch major bug fix updates produced
                          ## after the final release of the distribution.
                          deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted
                          deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted

                          ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
                          ## repository.
                          ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
                          ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
                          ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
                          ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
                          ## team.
                          deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe
                          deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe

                          deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
                          deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted

                          deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
                          deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

                          deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper multiverse
                          deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper multiverse

                          deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

                          deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main

                          deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free
                          deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free

                          deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ dapper free non-free

                          Do I have the right repositories?
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                            #14
                            Re: No Picture With DVD

                            Originally posted by Steve_S.
                            deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free
                            deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free

                            deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ dapper free non-free

                            Do I have the right repositories?
                            Yes. But, the two entries in bold aren't any good (old URLs) and should be removed (edit the file as root and delete these two lines).

                            Adept should list more than the single package libxine1c2. If you search Adept on just libxine what is listed?
                            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                              #15
                              Re: No Picture With DVD

                              When I search for libxine in Adept Manager, I get the following results:

                              Libxine-dev
                              libxine-extracodecs (this is installed)
                              libxine-main1 (This is installed)
                              libxine1c2 (This is installed)
                              lixinerama-dev
                              libxinerama1 (This is installed)
                              libxinerama1-dbg

                              These are the only results.
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