Totem won't autoplay DVD

have you tried using totem-xine? I had problems with the original install of totem not working, but once I started using totem-xine it started playing dvds fine.

thank you for your bug report, could you look to running processes when you get the error and copy the command called there?

I think I am onto a more narrowed down question, I will post

BrianS wrote:
> have you tried using totem-xine? I had problems with the original
> install of totem not working, but once I started using totem-xine it
> started playing dvds fine.
>

I think I have narrowed down the problem more. I will post a more
narrowed down question

Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> thank you for your bug report, could you look to running processes when
> you get the error and copy the command called there?
>
> ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
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> ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
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> ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
>

Sorry, I didn't realize that replying to the emails automatically would generate the two posts above.

But as I thought about this I may have figured it out. As you can see in my screenshot, when a disc is inserted into any removable drive, xubuntu executes the following command: "totem dvd:/" The command "totem dvd:/" is system default - I have never intentionally modified that command or my video settings.

When I run the same command in a terminal window, I can exactly replicate the error. (remember above I found the command "totem /media/cdrom0" or "totem /media/cdrom1" worked perfectly.)

Can someone please tell me what command I can use that will recognize whichever dvd-rom I am using? Also, if the "totem dvd:/" command is indeed set by install, and not accidentally changed by me, I would hope for the sake of the new ubuntuers that the command would be set to something that actually works.

Finally, when I run "totem dvd:/" in a terminal, here is the output:

** (totem:9333): WARNING **: Failed to create dbus proxy for org.gnome.SettingsDaemon: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon': no such name
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Init of Python module
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Registering Python plugin instance: BBCViewer+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Creating object of type BBCViewer+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Creating Python plugin instance
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Init of Python module
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Registering Python plugin instance: YouTube+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Creating object of type YouTube+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Creating Python plugin instance
** Message: no file info
Device is now /
Device is now /
** Message: Error: Could not read title information for DVD.
resindvdsrc.c(322): rsn_dvdsrc_start (): /GstPlayBin:play/RsnDvdBin:source/resinDvdSrc:dvdsrc:
system error: No such file or directory

** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Finalizing Python plugin instance
** (totem:9333): DEBUG: Finalizing Python plugin instance

I completely missed that you were using xfce. I apologize. I checked the default settings for gnome and it does not have those presets. (I have included a picture)
The command should be "totem /media/cdrom0" unless you have multiple drives. Also, the command "totem /dev/dvd" will work.

On a side note, if you want to skip the title screens and go straight into a movie, (I am not sure how to with totem...) you can use vlc to select the track. "vlc /dev/dvd@1" where one is the track (all the movies I have tried have started at 1)

hope this helps

the issue is how whatever xfce uses call totem and not a totem bug

I finally found what causes the "Could not open location; you might not have permission to open the file" when auto playing a DVD. In XFCE, go to the Removable Drives and Media setting (Applications, Settings) and then on the multimedia tab, change the default command for Video CDs/DVDs from "totem dvd:/" to "totem dvd://"

The last slash is missing for some reason. Once I added the second / to the command, totem worked flawlessly when auto playing a DVD. I am using totem with the gstreamer backend and not xine.

I realize that this has absolutely nothing to do with totem, but it is still present in Xubuntu 9.10, and this bug report was high on the google search results.

Hello NetMc.

Is the issue still present on Lucid (or Maverick)?

Thanks.

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