Hi, I'm quite new to Ubuntu & have searched for similar threads, even tried adding some commands in the terminal to solve this problem. My original optical drive was not responding so I switched it out with a pioneer DVDRW from a spare system I had sitting here.
The DVDRW shows up in the disk utility as "CD/DVD DRIVE /dev/sr0 (Read-Only)" but I am unable to get it to open or play any kind of media.
I've tried data discs, commercially recorded music (CDDA) & DVD as well as a blank DVD+R.
When I insert the audio disc, it shows in the navbar as an audio disc & even goes as far as showing the title of the album, track names & durations, however, none of them can be opened using VLC or rhythmbox. I've tried ripping the audio disc using Audex.
I get some error pop ups as follows:
Unable to mount audio disc
/dev/sr0 does not contain audio files
The drive itself seems to spool up for a brief period, then comes to a standstill, with the status led on the front flashing green about once every 3-4 seconds very briefly.
If I type "eject" into the terminal, the drive opens normally.
BTW, I'm running 64 bit of 14.04LTS
I'm comfortable with entering the terminal commands, but being new, haven't yet mastered the command lines myself.
Any help will be greatly appreciated