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concord
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 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:20 am Post subject: totem dvd play problem[solved] |
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Totem cannot play this type of media (DVD) because you do not have the appropriate plugins to handle it.
what does it mean? what shall I do?
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:16 am Post subject: |
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concord,
Totem uses xine-lib for DVD playback. It probably means that xine-lib has been build with some USE flags missing.
Compare yours to mine | Code: | emerge -pv xine-lib
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.4-r2 USE="X a52 alsa dts dvd esd fbcon flac gnome gtk ipv6 libcaca mad mmap mng nls opengl oss sdl theora truetype v4l vcd vidix vorbis win32codecs xinerama xv xvmc -aac -aalib (-altivec) -arts -debug -directfb -dxr3 -imagemagick -modplug -musepack -pulseaudio -samba -speex -wavpack -xcb" 0 kB |
Fix your USE flags in /etc/make.conf and run | Code: | | emerge world -uDNav |
to update your system. The N option is --newuse which rebuilds packages with changed USE flags. You may as well do an emerge --sync first too, so you are fully up to date.
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dzho002
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | concord,
Totem uses xine-lib for DVD playback.
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But it seems that totem does not have xine in its use flags now, and it always chooses GStreamer as the backend.
(And Totem's "About" dialog confirms that.)
Anybody know how I can switch it back to using xine-lib? Thanks.
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emerge totem -pv
media-video/totem-2.18.0 USE="a52 dvd ffmpeg firefox gnome hal mad mpeg ogg vorbis xv -debug -flac -lirc -nsplugin -nvtv -theora -xulrunner" 0 kB
cat /usr/portage/media-video/totem/totem-2.18.0.ebuild
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G2CONF="${G2CONF} --disable-vanity --enable-gstreamer --with-dbus"
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concord
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just put 'xine' into USE="" statement.
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That does not work.
The "xine" use flag and the code for switching backend exist in <= totem.2.6.16.5.ebuild, but they have been silently dropped from totem-2.18.ebuild and the latest totem-2.18.1.ebuild.
Never mind. Probably that is why it has been masked. 
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jonnevers
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| dzho002 wrote: | That does not work.
The "xine" use flag and the code for switching backend exist in <= totem.2.6.16.5.ebuild, but they have been silently dropped from totem-2.18.ebuild and the latest totem-2.18.1.ebuild.
Never mind. Probably that is why it has been masked. |
well... what?
totem 2.18.x is masked because gnome 2.18 in it's entirety is masked until the herd maintainers are ready to release the DE to ~ARCH.
but yes, totem 2.18+ no longer have the has for using xine as the backend. gstreamer is mandatory and will *play* dvds. gstreamer does not support dvd menus.
my opinion is totem with gstreamer is a pile of worthless crap. it's not even able to actually repeat media with the option to repeat playback when it gets to the end.
so what you do is:
emerge -pv =totem-2.16.4
or if you've gone up to gnome 2.18 already (like I have) leave totem masked and let it stay down at 2.16.4.
| Code: | | USE="xine -gstreamer" emerge -pv =totem-2.16.4 |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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jonnevers,
I'm not sure if you were intending the command | Code: | USE="xine -gstreamer" emerge -pv =totem-2.16.4
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to be run but thats a very bad idea. Portage will have no knowledge of the command line USE or the specific version of totem you wanted to your next emerge world will get you in a mess.
Make friends with the files in /etc/portage to have per package USE settings and fine version control. That way, you have the controls and portage won't spring any nasty surprises on you.
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jonnevers
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | jonnevers,
I'm not sure if you were intending the command | Code: | USE="xine -gstreamer" emerge -pv =totem-2.16.4
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to be run but thats a very bad idea. Portage will have no knowledge of the command line USE or the specific version of totem you wanted to your next emerge world will get you in a mess.
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yeah... in my effect to be brief I just did the USE flags inline. I expect everyone to maintain their own package.use/keywords file themselves.
and in this case, if you are at gnome 2.18 and want to keep totem 2.16.4 , emerge'ing world is always going to be a mess unless you maintain your own gnome-2.10.x.ebuild in your local overlay where you remove the dependency on totem... I was just going for brevity. |
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I've got totem 2.18.1...
Every time I insert a DVD and totem autostarts, it says "cannot play this type of media (DVD) because you do not have the appropriate plugins to handle it".
Ok, but ... a question... WHY does it work if i select Open Location "dvd://"?!?!?  |
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star.dancer
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| mastor wrote: |
Ok, but ... a question... WHY does it work if i select Open Location "dvd://"?!?!? 8O |
Wow you're right! That is totally weird. I get the same thing but it only plays the FBI warning track, not too exciting at a party.
I can't believe they would release gnome 2.18 without dvd support... is this a gentoo problem or a gnome problem?
Edit: It's a gentoo problem. I filed a bug report: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=176368 My solution was to unmerge totem, download the sources, and compile them myself with the --enable-xine flag. |
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jonnevers
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| star.dancer wrote: | I can't believe they would release gnome 2.18 without dvd support... is this a gentoo problem or a gnome problem?
Edit: It's a gentoo problem. I filed a bug report: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=176368 My solution was to unmerge totem, download the sources, and compile them myself with the --enable-xine flag. |
I've written totem 2.18 off for good. gstreamer.... is just not ready in terms of 'video' support. audio seems okay though.
so I'm maintaining my own gnome-2.18.0.ebuild in /usr/local/portage that just changes the >=totem.2.18.0 to >=totem-2.16.0
this lets me keep my xine backend for totem... DVD menus and perfect playback, WMV support. and gstreamer is completely incapable of playing videos in "repeat" mode regardless of the setting. |
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