how to install dvd player?

judoka · 07-22-2009, 06:42 PM

I'm running ubuntu 9.04 and just folloed the instructions posted on wwww.detector-pro.com/2009/04/how-to-install-dvd-and-all-audiovideo.html
and installed VLC player and 32 bit codecs but my cd drive doesn't read the cd, it doesn't see it. Waht do I do?

GrapefruiTgirl · 07-23-2009, 10:56 AM

What gives you the impression that the drive cannot see the CD? Can you give us some error messages, or maybe tell us what informational stuff you see in a console if you start VLC from that console and insert a CD?

How about dmesg -- is there any clues as to what's happening during your attempt to play a CD, shown in /var/log/dmesg?

How about the configuration section of VLC -- have you correctly pointed VLC towards the correct device or symlink to the CD player?

Are you (your user account) a member of the audio group, or otherwise have the necessary access permissions to access/use the CD player?

Thanks,
Sasha

judoka · 07-25-2009, 01:42 PM

For some reason my cd-rw drive doesn't work. When I run VLC and try to play the dvd it says:
Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disk "/dev/dvd".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.

the trooper · 07-25-2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by judoka

For some reason my cd-rw drive doesn't work. When I run VLC and try to play the dvd it says:
Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disk "/dev/dvd".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.

If it's a cd-rw drive are you sure it can play dvd's?