Hey everyone, I'm having some trouble getting DVDs to play on my Kubuntu 24.04.2 LTS setup. Although I've been using Linux for a while, I'm not very experienced with advanced troubleshooting. I've switched from Windows a few years back and I'm pretty comfortable using the terminal when needed.
The DVD drive I'm using is a TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222AL. I followed a guide I found online to install libdvd-pkg and I also went through the reconfiguration process, but it seems like my system isn't recognizing the DVD disc at all. I can play DVDs fine on my PS3, and my computer detects audio CDs without any issues, showing them in Dolphin, but it doesn't seem to auto-mount DVDs.
When I try to load the DVD in VLC, I get an error saying: "Playback failure: DVDRead could not open the disc '/dev/cdrom'" and that VLC can't open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/cdrom'. I'm feeling a bit lost and I think I might be missing a step. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
2 Answers
Have you tried adding your user to the 'cdrom' group? You can do this with the command: `sudo adduser $USER cdrom`. Just make sure to restart VLC after that. Sometimes group permissions can be the issue when trying to access optical drives.
Check the path of your optical drive in VLC. You might need to change the default drive path. If you're on Kubuntu, make sure the DVD codecs are properly installed too. You can check that using the `dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg` command, which should set everything up correctly for DVD playback.
I think the optical drive might actually be `/dev/sr0`, but I'm not sure. How do I check if the codecs are installed correctly?
I did that already, and it says I'm already a member of 'cdrom.'