I am still a new Linux user but catching on well. However, I am having trouble playing a clean USA NTSC region DVD movie of Star Wars The Phantom Menace In parole and also vlc. I tried everything from installing libdvd-pkg to updating, upgrading, and rebooting left and right! I even installed the css dvd lib even though and article said I did not need to. If it helps my Laptop DVD drive is a MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ8D3 (1.00) and is in /dev/sr0 (Read-Only). There has to be something i am missing... Thank you all for your time.
no my os zorin os lite is running on my physical laptop and fully installed. no windows. am I using the wrong terminal? I use 'terminal emulator' that comes with the os
Try also physically clean the DVD drive if possible like a can of compressed air. Better yet, a DVD cleaner if you can get your hands on one. and make sure that there aren't any dirt on the DVD.
I am sure you see my train of thinking here, though. You already tried as much as you could software side.
I am wondering if the issue is hardware related.
Over time, the lens over the laser gets a little cloudy. The usual 'solution' is to increase the power to the lens using the potentiometer, if the manufacturer included an adjustable one.
I suppose I will see what I can do then on the hard ware side. I'm not sure what else to do. When I had windows on this same laptop it worked great but I guess linux works differently. Thank you all so much for your time and help, Ill see what I can do from here on out.