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I am currently setting up a kodi PVR which is all finished apart from DVD playback.

I have ubuntu 16.04 on my desktop which I set up about a year ago and the dvds play fine on there. When I set this up I did this which has always worked.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 libdvd-pkg
sudo apt-get install libdvd-pkg
sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg

I have repeated these steps on my PVR (even did a clean install with and without updates) and I can only play non-encrypted DVDs. (None of the ones I have purchased legally work)!

What has changed and how can I get it to work?

I installed windows 10 and libdvdcss for windows on the same hardware (both computers) and all my DVDs play fine (the ones I had time to try anyway). But I don't want to use windows! Everything else works in ubuntu just not DVDs!

I have tried two dvd drives and same problem on both (both work on my desktop PC)

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For 14.04 (and possibly others but IDK)

Run the following commands:

$ sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
$ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

After they finishes executing, encrypted DVDs should work right away, but if they don't, try rebooting. This worked perfectly for me - before I did it, encrypted DVDs would crash the Videos program and give an error report. After, they play flawlessly.

For 16.04

Reference

Enter the following commands:

$ sudo apt install libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly libdvd-pkg -y
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg

After that you should be able to play encrypted DVDs (reboot may be necessary)

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  • Hi, As I said in OP I already had livdvdread4 installed. The script you said to run does not exist. A little search suggests it does not get included in ubuntu 16.04 any more which is why I tried libdvd-pkg (with no success). All that happens is the dvd spins up then there is a black screen (in VLC and ubuntu videos app) and then the disc stops. If I put in a non-protected DVD it plays fine
    – Paul
    Commented Dec 13, 2016 at 15:03
  • Oh okay I wasn't aware that that was removed from 16.04 - I use 14.04
    – cheesits456
    Commented Dec 13, 2016 at 15:35
  • I edited the answer to include a method for 16.04 - I can't test it because I don't use 16.04, but I got it from a reliable source
    – cheesits456
    Commented Dec 13, 2016 at 15:42
  • I have just set up a fresh VM of ubuntu 16.04. All I have done us install updates upgrade and dist-upgrade. When it has finished I will snapshot and try the 16.04 method and post back
    – Paul
    Commented Dec 13, 2016 at 16:54
  • OK I tried as you suggested and followed that guide exactly. No luck at all. VLC says for 3 different encrypted DVDs DVDRead could not read -1/0 blocks at 0xbb
    – Paul
    Commented Dec 13, 2016 at 17:01

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