DVD player issues

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Hi Everyone,

my question is how to get a DVD player to work. I have tried the methods that can be found in this forum as well as a few on the internet after search.

The status quo:

  • internal DVDwriter installed and recognised by BIOS
  • recognised by OS but not listed (like in in Windows) in file explorer:
    ? Should this be the case
  • listed under /dev/sr0
  • the player operates open/close but does not "read" and disc content
  • DVD is even recognised in Virtualbox Windows10 but will not read and disc content
  • VLC error:

Playback failure

  • DVDread could not open the disc "/dev/sr0"

Your input can't be opened:

  • VLC is unable to open MRL 'dvd:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details

$ lshw -C disk:

*-namespace
description: NVMe namespace
physical id: 1
logical name: /dev/nvme0n1
size: 238GiB (256GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: guid=313d069b-5f4d-4b4a-a84b-99769289a9ad logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-namespace
description: NVMe namespace
physical id: 1
logical name: /dev/nvme1n1
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: guid=a44d4d4c-675f-4a10-a078-a4c93efaded7 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WDS500G2B0A-
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 90WD
serial: 181975804973
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: removable
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sda
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: guid=100fdebe-c208-a746-9434-a17794c976e7
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: CDDVDW SH-222BB
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: SB00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc

$ gio mount -d /dev/sr0
gio: /dev/sr0: No volume for given ID

$ ls -al /dev/sr0
brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Dec 18 13:18 /dev/sr0

So far I have:

  • installed the libdvd packages
  • fiddled with mount points
  • tried various software to access and play disc content

TIA

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With a disc in the tray, try:

sudo mkdir /mnt/dvdrw
<enter password>
sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvdrw

Then test the location with: ls /mnt/dvdrw - does anything display; files, folders?

It may not show unless there's a disc in the tray - my external is like that. When I eject, the whole drive disappears - but it's still plugged in.. weird. Not exactly what's going on here..

Give that a try though..

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Thanks for your reply! I learn something every time with all the replies, so I appreciate it!

Sorry to say the DVD drive was faulty; I found another that I tested and worked straight away.

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No worries - glad to hear! :sunglasses:

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