I've been using Linux Mint for a few months and recently connected a new DVD drive. The drive has power, VLC starts normally, and it even identifies the disc by name, but the movie never begins playing. So far I've only tested one DVD. I installed VLC through the Linux application launcher, then installed libdvd-pkg because the disc may require DVD decryption support. Is there another setup step needed to make VLC play the disc?
1 Answer
Try reconfiguring the DVD support package with this command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
If it reports that libdvdcss2 is already installed, the decryption component is present and VLC should be able to access protected DVDs. You may also want to restart VLC and try opening the disc again.
That was it—thank you! VLC can play the DVD now.