Can't play DVD movies

[William Scott Lockwood III]

On Jun 17, 2012 11:48 AM, <jimmckenzie at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> VLC gives me this message
>
> Playback failure:
> DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".
> Your input can't be opened:
> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.
> Playback failure:
> DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".
> Your input can't be opened:
> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.
> Playback failure:
> DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".
> Your input can't be opened:
> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.
>
> I was trying to play Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring. The
basic dvd version, nothing fancy, not the Blu-Ray version.
>
> I don't know what else to tell you.
>
> Any/All help will be appreciated.
>
> Thank You

What do the logs reveal?
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