Playing DVD freezes the computer

[Temlakos]

Xiaotian Sun wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I never had this problem before.  But yesterday when I was watching a
> DVD on my FC3 box using xine 0.99.3, suddenly in the middle of
> playback, the whole computer froze: no response to keyboard, mouse, or
> remote log in.  I had to do a hard reset.
> 
> Then I switch mplayer, it was fine for like 10 minutes, then the
> computer froze again.
> 
> I couldn't figure out what went wrong.  There's nothing obviously
> wrong in the log.
> 
> Another question, what is the difference between libdvdcss and
> libdvdcss2?  I have libdvdcss-1.2.8 installed.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Xiaotian
> 

Have you ever played that particular DVD title on your computer before? 
Some studio-pressed DVD titles display erratic and unpredictable 
behavior when you play them with one or more DVD playing applications. 
That's why I install several on my machine. I've had titles play in 
accelerated mode, and I've had other titles refuse to play at all, even 
though the disks mounted.

And while I'm on the subject: I have /never/ been able to play any DVD 
title that I created using the "DVD Builder" application from Roxio. I 
always get an error message questioning my rights to the title.

Temlakos