Posts by Da Flex

  • [SOLVED] USB DVD Playback on a Raspberry Pi

    Quote from smp

    You will probably need a drive with an RPC1 firmware.

    Also, Kodi is not a great solution for DVD playback, especially on RPi (issues with menus, etc). Any standalone player will do a much better job.

    Just to translate it for other readers: RPC1 means region free playback (all DVD region codes playable).

    Using libdvdcss could be the reason for DVD menu issues. I have seen those issues with VLC on PC too, which uses libdvdcss.

    So, understanding what LibreELEC does with DVD's is really important here.

  • [SOLVED] USB DVD Playback on a Raspberry Pi

    I want to play commercial DVD movies with a Raspberry Pi and a connected USB DVD drive.

    I want to play DVD's with region code 1 and 2 (US and Europe).

    I haven't bought the USB DVD drive yet, because I need to know some facts before.
    To buy the right USB DVD drive, I need to know how LibreELEC plays region encoded DVD's.

    a) Does LibreELEC use the region code of the USB DVD drive?

    (I need an unlimited change of regions, region encoded DVD drives allow only a limited count of region changes)

    b) Or does LibreELEC breaks the DVD-CSS copyright protection (using libdvdcss) to avoid region codes?

    (that ignores any region codes from DVD and USB DVD drive, and decodes DVD files without using it)

    On case a) I should buy a region free USB DVD drive.

    On case b) I have a wider range of region encoded USB DVD drives available on the market.


    Thanx for answering!

    Da Flex

  • [SOLVED] Reboot and Shutdown Crash

    Console response of "grep ERROR kodi.log":

    Console response of "grep ERROR kodi.old.log":

    Code
    13:11:53.591 T:1939132432   ERROR: DBus error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files                                                 
17:31:01.648 T:1717498736   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting /storage/.kodi/temp/plugin.video.youtube/

    Additional errors at kodi.log (important to fix the bug) :

    Code
    17:32:07.926 T:1938632720   ERROR: Window Translator: Can't find window videolibrary
17:32:07.977 T:1938632720   ERROR: Control 1000 in window 13001 has been asked to focus, but it can't
17:32:27.628 T:1635820400   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting
17:32:27.628 T:1635820400   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting
17:32:27.628 T:1938632720   ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
17:32:27.628 T:1635820400   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting
17:32:27.668 T:1938632720   ERROR: Previous line repeats 3 times.
17:33:19.650 T:1938632720   ERROR: Control 55 in window 10025 has been asked to focus, but it can't
17:33:35.218 T:1938632720   ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: Unsupported protocol(1) for plugin://plugin.video.ardmediathek_de/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ardmediathek.de%2Ftv%2FDokumentation-und-Reportage%2FFr%C3%BCher-waren-die-Drachen-sch%C3%B6ner%2Frbb-Fernsehen%2FVideo%3FbcastId%3D3822114%26documentId%3D56619182&mode=libArdPlay&duration=2640&documentId=56619182
17:34:16.691 T:1938632720   ERROR: Control 55 in window 10025 has been asked to focus, but it can't

  • [SOLVED] Reboot and Shutdown Crash

    Quote from DaVu

    Is that the kodi.log after the reboot?

    No, because the triggered reboot has not been finished - it crashed. The kodi.log has been taken right after a reboot crash. At that point, there was no SSH connection anymore, so I had to read the log files directly from MicroSD card.

    Here is the kodi.old.log, taken at the same time like kodi.log (see above). If you compare both files, you will see additional errors at kodi.log (the crash log).

    PS: Wir können uns auch deutsch unterhalten, falls es noch Unklarheiten gibt.

  • How to Stream a DVD From Another PC?

    The idea is an external DVD drive as an extension for a PC / Raspberry Pi (which means USB connection), not a stand alone player. And yes, I have found one (no-name from China).

    The second way to play region free is to break the DVD-CSS protection, which is what Ubuntu Linux and VLC does. That will make all region-protected players work like region free players. I'm not sure if this forum allows support for libdvdcss. Making illegal copies is not what I want, I only want region free.

  • How to Stream a DVD From Another PC?

    I would like to watch DVD's by using the Raspberry Pi (LibreELEC 8.90.005), which is connected to the TV. Problem: The DVD drive is mounted on my PC (Linux).

    I know that VLC can create an A/V stream, which can be received and played by other VLC devices. I already did that with a mobile device, connected to the TV. It is not perfect, because DVD navigation has to be done from the source device, but it's good enough for my needs.

    Is it possible to receive local A/V streams created by VLC with LibreELEC?

    Is it possible to completely remote control a DVD drive mounted on another PC (including DVD navigation)?

  • Problem resolution

    The bug appeared again.:cry:

    I am still using the same LibreELEC installation 8.90.005, which had a DVI session before. The first runs after going back to HDMI worked fine: no initial VGA mode, and all HDMI modes detected. I guess my theory is wrong: a DVI session is not the reason for the bug.

    The bug appeared after a shutdown while playing a video stream (MLB TV). I guess it breaks the GUI settings, and forces the initial VGA mode on any further boot. I trigger the shutdown (command "shutdown -h now") by using my power button (see python script). Results when shutting down from SSH should be the same.

    Here are the desired file contents to do a bug report:

    Taken from a running DVI session:

    (just to complete the task, I think it doesn't matter for the bug)

    guisettings.xml

    kodi.log

    Taken from a running HDMI session:

    (initial VGA mode, not all proper HDMI modes for TV found)

    guisettings.xml

    kodi.log