[ SOLVED ] DVD player won't play

[bitsnpcs]

Good work persisting with checking it, good to read you have it working now.

[RAB302]

Really, the internal DVD is playing, Did a recent update today, put in a music CD for the sake of it, and its playing, seems to be working good, did not do anything but an update today. And yes I did do and update before the dvd issue and did not work. My guest someone upstairs saw an issue and fixed it. WoW Thanks if they did.

[RAB302]

No luck on the mp3. Instead of doing a Vista/Lixux dual boot, I Decide to use an USB external drive which it works good. No need to waste any more time with the internal DVD player, I will mess with it another day. Thanks for all your suggestions.

[bitsnpcs]

Hello,

can you put a cdr, say mp3 files into the dvd drive and see if it opens the folder /displays the files and then try to play one of them, to verify if the dvd drive is working/isolate if the issue is the dvd video media itself ?

The results specify demux failed, it can be encryption/decryption issue ?
Historical info I found in searches to be interesting, the one it made possible to use DVD video at Linux was DeCSS, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS

[RAB302]

There is no dumb question, there are so many things to consider and cant remember them all when solving a problem. Yes I did go to the Lite Software and install the "Restricted Extras" early when I started this. And Yes I did go to the Disk Manager and play with the auto and mount settings. But nothing worked, for some reason Linux Lite wont Recognize the DVD player. Been on it all day, tired now. Looks like gonna have to go back to Vista install, which it will take half a day just do the updates, lol. I really need my DVD RW player I use it frequently. Maybe I might do a dual boot with linux lite, we see.

[Jerry]

Probably a dumb question, but did you install the "Restricted Extras" needed to play DVDs?


If not sure, go to Menu -> System -> Lite Software -> Install Software, then scroll down to "Restricted Extras" and see if it shows as "not installed".  If so, install it and you should be able to play DVDs.

You shouldn't need to, we offer full DVD support ootb.

[gold_finger]

Probably a dumb question, but did you install the "Restricted Extras" needed to play DVDs?


If not sure, go to Menu -> System -> Lite Software -> Install Software, then scroll down to "Restricted Extras" and see if it shows as "not installed".  If so, install it and you should be able to play DVDs.

[supergamer]

Did you try the disks program from the menu? Try that please as that is what I had to do with my stuff. I turned off the automount and selected mount when starting and it adjusts the fstab file so that it gets mounted at boot time.

[RAB302]

Yes, i did try the sr0, still got the same thing.

I already done that at the begging when I started this, where I went to Menu -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Removable Drives and Media -> Storage tab ->and check box next to Mount removable media when inserted, ...but it was already checked when i open it. Then insert DVD, and waited for a few seconds for system to mount it and then open VLC, but still nothing happens, lol.

But the dvd does come on and running and the indicator lights up, but still nothing.

Might have to go back and do a complete vista install and then do a dual boot with Linux lite and go from there tomorrow and try that; because somewhere when I google it, some else had a similar problem and went back and done a dual boot, something to do with the grub code or something. But I really dont wont to go back and do a vista reinstall it takes forever, lol.

[Jerry]

I dont see any thing showing thunar on the left panel when inserting in cd in the player. Then went to settings manager, desktop, and icons and dont see anything there resembling to thunar, but everything else there is checked off. I also went to the VLC and change video output to opengl glx video ouput (xcb) and rebooted, still nothing happens.


Also tried from a previous suggestion went to the terminal window and input selected codes and got this:


raymond@RAB-P-6860FX:~$ vlc dvd:///dev/dvd
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
[0000000001c49148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
[00007fcee8000e98] dvdread demux error: DVDRead cannot open source: /dev/dvd
[00007fcf04000ab8] core input error: open of `dvd:///dev/dvd' failed
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread
raymond@RAB-P-6860FX:~$


....so, still trying to figure it out.

Did you try the sr0 command I had there as well? I only see output for the dvd command.

[gold_finger]

supergamer brought up a great point -- make sure the DVD is mounted first.  VLC won't play it if it isn't mounted first.


  Pretty embarrassing that I totally forgot to mention that because I always have auto-mounting of devices disabled on my systems and always have to manually mount DVDs myself before playing them in VLC.


Just in case this is the problem, go to Menu -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Removable Drives and Media -> Storage tab -> and check box next to "Mount removable media when inserted".  Then insert DVD, wait about 15 seconds for system to mount it, open VLC and follow prior instructions to play it.  (Hopefully that is the problem and it is now solved.)

[RAB302]

I dont see any thing showing thunar on the left panel when inserting in cd in the player. Then went to settings manager, desktop, and icons and dont see anything there resembling to thunar, but everything else there is checked off. I also went to the VLC and change video output to opengl glx video ouput (xcb) and rebooted, still nothing happens.


Also tried from a previous suggestion went to the terminal window and input selected codes and got this:


raymond@RAB-P-6860FX:~$ vlc dvd:///dev/dvd
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
[0000000001c49148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
[00007fcee8000e98] dvdread demux error: DVDRead cannot open source: /dev/dvd
[00007fcf04000ab8] core input error: open of `dvd:///dev/dvd' failed
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread
raymond@RAB-P-6860FX:~$


....so, still trying to figure it out.

[supergamer]

Please try loading something up in the dvd player. See if it mounts the disk by opening up thunar. You should see it on the left panel. If you do not try opening up settings manager then desktop then icons and see if you have it checked to show. We need to see if it is actually mounting or not. If all those things are good try opening up disks from the menu then clicking on the gear wheel and edit mount options. Uncheck the automount option then check mount on startup, hit ok then reboot and see if that now mounts things and is seen with vlc. There is a bug with vlc, 4.10 hwe kernel where it plays sound but no video and you will have to change the video output from auto to opengl glx video output (xcb).

[Jerry]

Opening a terminal, does the following work:

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vlc dvd:///dev/dvd
or:

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vlc dvd:///dev/sr0

[RAB302]

Already tried it at the beginning and everyone under the Disc Device that was listed, nothing worked. Went to the Help menu and went throu it, but still cant find anything that would help. The DVD play is good and was working when Vista was loaded. Still trying to figure it out, but no luck yet