Re: [Hampshire] Choppy DVD playback on Edgy

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Author: John Wesley
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Choppy DVD playback on Edgy
On 17/11/06, John Hunt <johnrhunt@???> wrote:
>
> > > And a bunch of errors in dmesg:
> > > [17181534.764000] hdc: command error: error=0x50 {
> LastFailedSense=0x05 }
> > > [17181534.764000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> > > [17181534.764000] end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 14888932
> > > [17181534.768000] hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> > > SeekComplete Error }
>
> I've had this kind of thing before. Strangely enough, after I'd
> changed my distro the same disc that didn't play then played. Try
> different (or more up to date) versions of libdecss and libdvdread or
> whatever they are. And obviously try cleaning the disc, but you've no
> doubt already done that.
>
> John.
>
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If you're using mplayer then you can try turning up the cache to try and
reduce the choopyness. You can probably do this other players too but I
only ever use mplayer.

Jonh