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Lubuntu: VLC Won't Play DVD's
I have downloaded and installed lubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64 onto my old Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, upgraded to run with 2GB RAM. This is a 64-bit machine with its original 80GB HD and is working ...
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DVD cannot be read in Xubuntu Linux 22.04
There is an issue with reading DVDs in Xubuntu. I am running Xubuntu Linux 22.04 on a 2010 MacBook Pro. I am trying to play a regular DVD with encrypted copyright protection (not Blu Ray). Whenever I ...
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Unable to play DVDs on Ubuntu 22
How do you watch movie DVDs on Ubuntu 22?
When I install a commercial movie DVD into my player, nothing happens.
I've install Xine and VLC, and run through all the guides (mostly outdated ones like ...
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After installing dvd source for playing dvd's I got this!
I installed restricted extras, multiverse, other codecs over a week period periodically found out how to get libdvdcss2, and libdvdread4, both where not supplied by the terminal, bash or shell. ...
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DVD video scrambled
I'm a long time Linux user and am quit used to recurring problems with DVD but I think I found something new.
System:
10-years old computer running Ubuntu 20.04.
libdvdcss2 is installed to the latest ...
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Saving DVDs losslessly
I have a bunch of DVDs/CDs that are slowly collecting dust because I almost never pull out the DVDs. There's an assortment of home videos, songs/movies/photos I've burnt on myself, songs/movies/photos ...
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Problem with old video data
so I've videos from 2000 year on my CD/DVD disks, problem is that I can't play that videos, I mean it plays but just 5-7 second, next happen data allocated, I see that video is going -1, -2, -3 ... ...
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No DVD Drive showing on left side in nautilus
I tried and read all these below questions and answers-:
My folder left side panel is missing in Nautilus
Can't play DVDs with Ubuntu 18.04
Can't play DVDs through either VLC, Videos, or Kaffeine
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VLC won't play DVD's on Xubuntu 18.04.2 - can't access mediabuntu to install libdvdcss2
I am setting up a Dell laptop with Xubuntu 18.04.2. It seems to be working with wifi and other things, but I can't play a DVD in VLC or the native Parole Media Player. Have no trouble with my other ...
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Video Players malfunction in various ways
Here's a screenshot of VLC Media Player on a DVD:
IF I try to play a CD by using Videos, it says that "DVD Source is required to play the file, but is not installed" If i follow the link from there ...
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What is the most accurate way to make a digital copy of a DVD?
I'm interested in making accurate, future-proof digital copies of some family movies which are on DVD. What is the recommended way of doing this in 2019?
I am inclined to think that it would be best ...
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Video (Totem) wont play DVD's while others (VLC) can
So a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 that's been updated and had the appropriate packages and repositories installed as outlined HERE I've also installed VLC and Handbrake handbrake via an up to date ...
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Can't play DVDs through either VLC, Videos, or Kaffeine
Running this through an external DVD drive. Videos app says DVD source is required to play the file, but is not installed. Hitting play in VLC activates the disc (you can hear it start up in the drive)...
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How to convert DVDs to video files for Playstation3 - and not get "Corrupted data" error
I want to save some DVDs to my Playstation3 hard drive for quick/easy access using Ubuntu 16.04, Handbrake and libdvd-pkg (see step one of this guide)
In Handbrake with the "Playstation 720p30" ...
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DVDauthor parameter
I want to create a video dvd.
containing about 20 clips. I don't want them to be merged to only one
vob-file.
I want to keep all 20 vob files to access the later easy by copying the corresponding ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 DVD Playback
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 ...
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Can't play DVD in linux
I run Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
I know there are many questions about this, but none have fixed my problom. I follow correspondence courses, so I NEED to be able to play my dvd's. Some courses seem to work ...
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I want to make a DVD with video_ts and audio_ts folders into an mp4/avi/video file [duplicate]
I have a collection of DVDs with audio_ts and video_ts folders that have a menu where you select chapters, etc., and I want to watch these movies on my phone. I move movies to my phone using the VLC ...
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Ubuntu cannot play Chinese DVD
I have Ubuntu 16.04 with all restricteds, addons, libs, etc installed and regionset China. I can play most DVDs from various sources and regions. But I cannot play any DVD that has been burned in ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 + DVD = Crash
I'm a new Ubuntu user.
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 and tried playing a DVD on VLC (which worked perfectly fine with Ubuntu 14.04). After about a minute, the video stops, while the sound continues. If I'...
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Converted video from .VOB have no voice
I'm stock on this for a while.
I have tried
ffmpeg -i inpout.VOB -c:v libx264 -crf 20 -c:a libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 192k output.avi
and
mencoder in.VOB -nosub -nosound -ovc x264 \
-x264encopts ...
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DVD not accessible/readable on Ubuntu 15.10
When inserting a video DVD in my Laptop with Ubuntu 15.10, it is not mounted like usually when I insert a data DVD or also another video DVD :(
So I think maybe it is somehow protected? It is possible ...
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I can't play a DVD using VLC [duplicate]
I can't play "Dr. Strangelove" on VLC... it just comes up on the screen and then does nothing. Pressing play does nothing.
using Ubuntu 15.10
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After Upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10 can no longer access video files on CD/DVD
I've just upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 and can now no longer play non-audio CD/DVDs. Any clues on how to get this access back?
I can access discs some with VLC Media Player but not all.
In some ...
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How to mostly automate authoring video dvds?
How to take a few hundred video files of various formats and put them on dvds, with a dvd menu item for each video file?
Automated to the extend that doing any action for each and every file is too ...
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How do I get DVD menus in mplayer
I love mplayer, but I can't figure out how to get the DVD menus working. I heard you need to type something like this:
mplayer dvdnav://
but I don't know what comes after that.
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Can I save chapter titles when ripping a DVD?
I've got a DVD set of the Live 8 concerts in 2005 which has 4 DVDs, each about 2 hours long. It's got lots of chapters markers and I want to rip them to MKV files and add in the artist / song titles ...
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parole player gives Gstreamer error when CD/DVD played in XUBUNTU
No matter which DVD or CD I try to play using parole player in Xubuntu. I get the following error for CD's
:Could not handle CDDA URI:GStreamer backend error :
And the following for DVD's:
Could not ...
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Region 1 DVD won't play - all region 2 dvds play fine
I can play region 2 dvds perfectly and I thought I could play region 1 dvds as well but I just bought one on ebay and it won't play in vlc, totem, smplayer, mplayer, xine or handbrake.
Apparently if ...
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Can't play encrypted DVD on internal DVD-drive, but OK with USB-DVD-drive
As stated in the title, I can't play any commercial DVD on my internal DVD-drive on my laptop, but everything works just fine for the same DVD played on an external (USB) DVD-drive.
I've installed ...
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Issues playing one certain DVD
I have 2 home made DVD that a friend gave me. It has videos she has rights to redistribute for a Church ministry. And I am not sure, but I think they might be using one of those stand alone DVD ...
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how to make a dvd which can be played in a dvd player [duplicate]
Is there any application in which is programmed to make dvds which can be played in a dvd player
i recently saw a dvd in which all the videos were present in .VOB format so do i need any extra ...
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Very loud CD/DVD drive. Ubuntu 13.10
Firstly I have to aoplogize for any mistakes, I am not native English speaker. But I will try my best to tell what is happening.
When using Windows XP my CD/DVD drive was working normally as long as ...
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Video player skips on Ubuntu 12.04
If I use the seek button when playing videos in the default video player, it continues to play, but the screen gets stuck on the same place and after a long time (10 min), it will go some other place ...
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Unable to play DVD movies
Since upgrading from Ubuntu 10.10 to 12 and then to 13, I've got a problem with playing movies form DVD's. When I was using 10.10 version everything was fine, and I didn't have any problems with this ...
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DVD Audio Playback Silent - how to find codec
I'm utterly baffled by this but I'm sure the fix must be simple - I can play DVDs fine on my ubuntu machine but I have just bought a new DVD and there is no sound.
The sound works on all other DVDs I'...
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DVD playback not working on 13.10
I could watch DVD's in 13.04 but now that I have upgraded to 13.10 DVDs don't seem to be playable. In Totem video player I get:
An error occurred
The movie could not be read.
I seem to remember a /...
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What DVD players allow easy selection of chapters/titles during playback?
I need a DVD player that shows this:
That is Windows Media Player 12, it shows chapter and title that its playing.
Thanks in advance and please don't tell me VLC, because it doesn't have that ...
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Command line dvd creation with chapters and menu
I have several personal video and I would like to put them on a dvd.
I would like to classify them by year; so the menu would list the year, and each video should be a chapter.
I could do that with a ...
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How to create DVD from a video file?
I'm trying to create a DVD image from a .ts file but all dvd-maker programs I tried (devede, bombono) output .mpg files instead of the desired image with VIDEO_TS, AUDIO_TS folders and .vob files ...
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dvd movie not working [duplicate]
I have ubuntu 12.10 and I can't play dvd movies. I tried every kmplayer vlc gnomeVLC could not read the file (Input/output error).
File reading failed:
VLC could not read the file (Input/output error)...
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How can I get VLC to automatically play DVDs when inserted? Running 13.04
I'm trying to help an elderly disabled person play DVDs as easy as possible - by inserting them! I'm running 13.04.
I set Totem as the default app. But a couple DVDs didn't play off the bat -- VLC ...
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How can I burn a Video DVD? [duplicate]
I've been trying all day to make a simple video DVD to play on a regular DVD player, but I just can't seem to figure to out. I don't understand what an image is and all the apps that I've tried today ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit won't play DVDs
I have a Lenovo T400 with an Intel Cenrino 2 vPro prcessor and I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. For the most part, everything is running great, but I have one problem. For some reason I can not play ...
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How to convert DVD to WMV (or another format acceptable by Windows Movie Maker)?
I need to convert DVD to WMV file or another format acceptable by Windows Movie Maker (video is going to be edited on windows machine). What software should I use?
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I can not play movie dvd's [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Inserted DVD disc not recognized
I'm running ubuntu 12.04, I put a music cd in the dvd player and it plays it. I put a dvd
to watch a movie and nothing happens. I have vlc and ...
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DVDs won't play under Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I play encrypted DVD movies?
I've installed the restricted extras package (Medibuntu) but I still cannot play a dvd under Ubuntu 12.04. I've loaded VLC, but all I can ...
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Play DVD from Movie Player
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10. When I insert a DVD (into my MacBook Pro), I have the choice to play it through Movie Player, and it plays fine. However, if I then close Movie Player, and reopen it, I get ...
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How to fix VOBU Read Errors in k9copy?
I am trying to backup a few DVDs of mine. For this purpose, I looked at k9copy. When I start the process my terminal drowns in VOBU Read errors. -- And those are serious, as they are followed by four ...
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OpenShot creates 0 byte DVD files
I've created an OSP file with OpenShot, and I wanted to export it as a DVD file. As this is my very first project, I've checked some how-to-websites and blogs where it was clearly explained how I ...
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