Multimedia :: Xine Playback Problem



One more tip -

If you have the libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1_i386.deb in your /home/dsl directory, then follow these steps.  

First, load the dsl-dpkg.dsl from the System area of the MyDSL menu.  You can issue the command  " sudo apt-get update", but it is not required for this one .deb.  
Second, install the libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1_i386.deb package with the command:

sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1_i386.deb

That will install the libdvdcss package.  You have to have .deb packages installed before you can convert them to a .dsl extension.  

Now convert your installed libdvdcss to a .dsl with the command:

deb2dsl

Hopefully this will have you up and going.
Jason

Very kind of you to offer further help. Unfortunately I'm no further forward. Story follows.

I loaded dsl-dpkg.dsl and installed libdvdcss as advised.

My responses to the subsequent command "deb2dsl" were:

fullname = libdvdcss.dsl
MyDSL menu name = Xine XternalLib
x app? = n
full path of executable = /opt/bin/xine (derived from answer to "which xine")

This gave the following response:

mkdir: Cannot create directory "/tmp/mydsl.menu": File exists
tar: Removing leading "/" from member names
usr/lib/libdvdcss.s0.2.0.8
usr/lib/libdvdcss.s0.2
tmp/mydsl.menu/libdvdcss
libdvdcss.dsl Successfully created

I then did a Save/Restore for luck before a shutdown with backup and a subsequent restart.

No sign of Xine XternalLib in the MyDSL menu.

The only reference to libdvdcss* is a file libdvdscss.dsl in /home/dsl/. File is supposedly 15.03Kbs but only contains 2 characters.

No change to the DVD playback response.

Probably best to call time on this?
Forgot to mention, the deb2dsl script calls for you to give a path to the executable and menu entry.  You do not need a menu entry for libdvdcss, and it is just a library not an executable.  The deb2dsl script can be hacked to create a .dsl without a menu entry, and there are other ways of creating a .dsl as well.  

But for now it would be best to just install the .deb package and  go with that.  You can then later create a .dsl out of it.
Jason

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But for now it would be best to just install the .deb package and  go with that.  You can then later create a .dsl out of it.


Success at last.

After installing the .deb package and leaving it at that I changed the config file path to Win32 codecs from "usr/lib/codecs" to "usr/lib" if that is significant.

I'm getting an error message "amount of dropped frame is too high...". Presumably I need to set the "dsl dma" cheatcode?

Your help is much appreciated.
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I'm getting an error message "amount of dropped frame is too high...". Presumably I need to set the "dsl dma" cheatcode?

Setting the "dsl dma" cheat code hasn't solved the problem. The Xine FAQ mentions many other possible causes. The XP and F8 OSs on the box my USB drive is plugged into make full use of my NVidia card so it's no big deal not using DSL for regular dvd playback.

Incidentally I added the following lines to .filetool.lst for persistence:  

home/dsl/.xine/config
usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2
usr/lib/libdvdcss.so.2.0.8

No doubt that's not the optimum solution but it seems to work.
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