Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:41:43 -0700 (PDT) From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dvdrip doesnt see my dvds Message-ID: <20020920004143.46181.qmail@web10104.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020916220527.DD46A5D04@ptavv.es.net>
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The problem turned out that I needed to point the device in preferences to /cdrom. It was /dev/dvd just like you thought it might be, so I tinkered a few times and voila! trial and error won the day. Thanks for the idea and the tip about PIO mode. I'm new to the whole dvd ripping scene. --- Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 14:54:47 -0700 (PDT) > > From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Hey *, I'm trying to use my laptop to rip dvds > using > > dvdrip, but no dvds are ever seen. I'm a bit > confused > > because I've done some looking around and no one > has > > this problem (according to Sir Google). > > > > My OS is thus: > > L# uname -a > > FreeBSD L.liza.com 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD > > 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Mon Sep 16 13:41:26 PDT 2002 > > > root@L.liza.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FW.safe i386 > > > > My dvd player seems to be recognized just fine: > > %dmesg | grep DVD > > acd0: DVD-ROM <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2302> at > > ata1-master PIO4 > > > > And I know this dvd player works because this is a > > Toshiba Tecra that plays dvds fine when I boot > into > > win2k. Oh, and yes the cdrom is mounted: > > L# df > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity > > Mounted on > > /dev/ad0s2a 101758 43554 50064 47% / > > /dev/ad0s2g 153004 3918 136846 3% > /tmp > > /dev/ad0s2e 4129310 2059056 1739910 54% > /usr > > /dev/ad0s2f 907182 43686 790922 5% > /var > > procfs 4 4 0 100% > /proc > > /dev/acd0c 7651652 7651652 0 100% > /cdrom > > While I don't know that it's you main problem, I > check protection on > the device. Also, I have never used dvdrip, but I'd > look closely at > the default device it looks for. Many DVD > applications try to access > /dev/dvd by default. (E.G. Ogle). Make sure it's > /dev/acd0c. > > Also, your DVD is running in PIO mode. This will > provide very poor > performance. Set it to DMA with hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 > in > /boot/loader.conf and reboot. > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- Heavy metal made me do it. ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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