[xubuntu-users] playing DVD

[Fred Roller]

On 02/14/2014 05:37 AM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> On 14/02/14 03:53, Fred Roller wrote:
>> On 02/11/2014 02:49 PM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>>> I have installed Xubuntu 12.10 and now I am unable to play a DVD.
>>> There is an error message DVDRead could not open disc "/dev/dvd"
>>>
>>> Google is no help so could someone here help, please?
>>>
>>> Norman
>>>
>> Have you installed the restricted extras:
>>
>> from command line:
>>      sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras
>>
>> or look for the "Xubuntu Restricted Extras package" in the Software 
>> center.
>>
>> /and/ after installation run the libdvdcss script:
>>
>>      sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
>>
>> You can get complete info at:
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
>>
>> Hope this was helpful.
>>
>
> All the required extras are there however, with a lot of help from my 
> son, the answer for users of xine is as follows:- run xine, select 
> Setup and set to Expert -> Apply, select media tab, scroll down to 
> find 'device used for DVD playback' and change the entry to /dev/sr0 
> and click OK. I closed and then restarted xine and sat back and 
> enjoyed Star Trek.
>
> Norman
>
>
Excellent. Glad it worked out. I had to make a similar adjustment in vlc 
under Tools -> Preferences -> Input & Codecs at the Optical drive 
section.  Like yours, changing /dev/dvd to /dev/sr0. Perhaps the 
developers can create a symbolic link to /dev/dvd so these programs will 
work.

Fred