I merged the threads as it is related.
That is an option. You may want to backup Kodi through the MyOSMC app first to save yourself some of the work setting the fresh install up.
So i did a fresh install of osmc on my vero4k and its still not playing DVDâs
https://paste.osmc.tv/aloxomojev
Its giving the same message as before âDEBUG: libdvdnav: Canât read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device.â
It played a bluray fine once I added the keydb.cfg file
I assume youâre using a USB based DVD drive?
Sam
Yeah its a usb3 adapter for sata/ide drives and its an internal BDXL drive connected to it hooked up to the vero4k usb3 port.
Have you seen:
Sam
Ok i added that to advanced settings and tried it again and it didnt make any difference.
Manually playing vobs/ifo files and its no different.
Are you playing the VOBS from local storage or a DVD still?
From the same dvd.
So ive tried hooking up another old dvd drive to the same adapter and I get the same effect. When i click on the dvd to play it, once its recognized and mounted, it doenst play and returns to the sources screen.
I should say that yesterday when it worked it would load the dvd info like for a bluray (to select a title/load the menu) and it loaded the menu the way it should.
Please upload a new log. Should show us if the advancedsettings are being parsed correctly
Well I think it might be working now. I noticed that the drive lights started flashing and when i retried the dvd it opened like it should.
So i think the combination of settings which worked are the handlemounting = 1 and in player settings autoplay dvd and skip the intro. Any other combination seems to be mostly intermittent or not working for me.
But it definetly didnt just start working with handlemounting = 1 and a reboot. Would attaching a different drive in the mean time have had any effect do you think?
Where does the DVD drive receive power? By USB from the Vero? This is likely a significant part of the problem. You should at least be trying to use a powered hub rather than expect the Vero to power a mechanical drive.
How is it powered? From the Vero or does the adapter have itâs own power supply?
The adapter has its own separate power supply and can supply power to two drives simultaneously so its not a power issue I dont think.
It doesnât rely on usb for power at all, in fact I had to unplug the usb at one point when i was trying to restart it as it appeared to be supplying power over usb.
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It appears to be intermittantly working with the Kodi Auto Play DVD setting.
A region 1 DVD will load up the intro and then launch the menus.
A region 2 DVD starts up the warning messages with the top half of the screen all smeared (the best way I can think to describe it) and then when it hits the main menus the drive light comes on solid and then cant load the menu.
Ive reuploaded logs:
https://paste.osmc.tv/tivaxehipe
But as I say that the R1 DVD isnt working this morning (bloody typical right)
Ok ive got it to play those two dvds again this morning (R1 + R2) although I dont think there is anything specific I have done to make it happen, it just seems to sometimes work.
So logs:
https://paste.osmc.tv/moxuporadu
I did add an entry for SR0 to my fstab:
/dev/sr0 /mnt/DVD udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
Although im not sure if thats the answer or not, as the autoplay DVD option seems to have some impact, and the skip intros bit seems to prevent different menus loading for the R2 DVD.
Ok so ejecting and relaoding the R2 DVD it goes back to not playing properly (gets stuck at menus and the warning messages dont display on the top part of the screen properly)
https://paste.osmc.tv/niwibuqota
But the R1 dvd still plays properly, no reboots or any changes inbetween it working and not working (save ejecting and reinserting the DVD).
Very weird.
And letting it autoplay, sometimes it works, stopping it and restarting it manually, doesnt work:
https://paste.osmc.tv/exayiyegoc
Ok through some trial and error it seems like if you have a different DVD inserted inbetween attempts it will play properly but retrying the same dvd it doesnt. So like it remembers its play position and attempting to restart at the same point and it doesnt like it?
https://paste.osmc.tv/tagadeneci
But âsame dvdâ seems to include the exact same menu structure, so multiple dvds in the same set are causing the problem when they are actually different discs.
Ok final log for right now, rebooted, disc 2 of R2 set in drive, (auto play menu appeared on startup) playing it manually, menus not working properly.
But ejected disc, disc 1 reinserted and it played fine:
https://paste.osmc.tv/izoqecezub
I have noticed that when its in a not working state ejecting via the menu option the disc pops out and then immediately the drive puts the try back in. Not sure if thats significant or not.
(although pretty much nothing about this issue appears to be in any way consistent)
I would plug the drive into a PC and see if the behavior is consistent there. Drives wear out, lasers get weak, shit happens. Time to back up and make sure your dealing with a Vero/Linux/Kodi issue and not a hardware issue methinks.
Well its a not very old not much used drive and I have had it connected to the pc periodically to see if it worked and as many times as I tried it it was working. Itâs given me the expected behaviour with blurays and never not tried to play it like a video. I can try it with the pc a number of more times but the way it doesnât work one time and then does another with just taking a disc out and putting another in seems strange.
I mean it could be the connection at the back of the drive which admittedly is not the most securely designed part of the adapter but Iâve had it pressed up against something most of the time so I donât think itâs that.
And again blurays seem to be behaving as expected, which they wouldnât if the connection was loose or something.
I should say that when I connected it to the pc I thought it might be something region related, Iâll be trying it again when I get back in.
When you were saying that blurays seemed to be reading fine but DVDâs were getting random result that sounds to me exactly like a hardware issue. The optimal laser for reading a blueray is different than a DVD and as such they cannot read DVDâs as well as an actual DVD reader. The same issue exists with reading CDâs on a DVD player. Because the reading of the older formats are marginal to start with when the drive goes just a bit out of spec it is common for it to be able to still read the newer format disks just fine but struggle or fail to read the older formats. Iâm not saying this is what is going on with your unit, but if it was me I would start by using it rip a few DVDâs in Windows to make sure.