[vdr] Re: dvd-plugin

[Stefan Lang <steven@organet.com>]

Thanks for the hint.... I changed the firmware...... but I can't find the 
tool for setting the region code on linuxtv.org! What ist name of the tool? 
Is an URL available?
Thanks
Stefan

Am Montag, 28. Oktober 2002 10:45 schrieben Sie:
> On Monday 28 October 2002 11:12, Stefan Lang wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > I'm using vdr 1.1.12 with dvd-plugin 0.2.0
> > I've tested the system with two different dvd drives (nec dv5800A and
> > pioneer 106SZ/2) and with two different dvd movies ("The Right Stuff"
> > -"Der Stoff aus dem die Helden sind"-  and "Mission Impossible I")
> > Every time I try to replay the movie I get the following error messages
> > in /var/log/messages:
> >
> > with NEC-Drive
> >
> > vdr[1012]: input thread started (pid=1012)
> > kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id
> > kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 20x/48x cd/rw xa/form2 cddaOct 27 19:17:42
> > kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> > kernel:  I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 213144
> >
> > and the hole vdr (not Linux) system crashes
> >
> >
> > with the pioneer-drive
> >
> > kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> > kernel:  I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 213248
> > kernel:  I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 213300
> > kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
> > vdr[1626]: dvd: no translation found for 'Error fetching
> > vdr[1626]: ERROR: Error fetching data from DVD!
> > kernel:  I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 217280
> > vdr[1626]: input thread ended (pid=1626)
> >
> > the vdr dosen't crash and shows the error message:
> > Error fetching data from DVD
> >
> > What happens here?? The DVD drive is an ATAPI drive with SCSI
> > emulation..... but that shouldn't matter!
>
> The most likely cause for those error are brand new RPC-2 drives which have
> never been initialised to a region code before or drives that are set to
> the wrong region code. The DVD plugin does not touch the region code
> setting of the drive. You have to do that manualy!!!
>
> There is a tool in the dvd libs on linuxtv.org that can set the region code
> under linux. However, i would strongly recommend to change the drives
> firmware to an RPC-1 version.
>
> Andreas


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