Hey everyone! I could really use some guidance on playing DVDs with my setup. I'm on Kubuntu 24.04.2 LTS after switching from Windows a while back. My optical drive is a TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222AL. I'm not a Linux expert, just comfortable enough to get by, and I can manage the terminal when needed. I've followed a guide I found earlier that walks through installing libdvd-pkg and reconfiguring it, plus I set up libavcodec-extra packages. However, my system doesn't recognize DVDs at all. I have no issues playing the same DVD on my PS3, so that's not the problem. While I can insert an audio CD and my system recognizes it just fine (it shows up in Dolphin), DVDs seem to be a no-go. When I try to open the DVD in VLC, I get an error saying it can't access '/dev/cdrom' and asks me to check the log. It feels like I've missed a step, so I'm hoping someone can help me figure this out. Thanks!
2 Answers
Could the path for your optical drive be the problem? In VLC, you might need to specify the correct path instead of the default one. For some installations, it might be `/dev/sr0`. On another note, make sure the DVD codecs are actually installed. You can verify this using `dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg`, which is meant to handle the configuration of those codecs. Just a thought!
You might want to check if you're actually part of the 'cdrom' group. You can add yourself with the command `sudo adduser $USER cdrom`, but it sounds like you’re already in it since you mentioned you got that confirmation.
Yeah, it told me I’m already a member. So that shouldn’t be the issue.
I think you're right about checking the path; `lsblk` shows `sr0` with 'rom' next to it. I'll run that command to see about the codecs.