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I have tried playing VCDs and DVDs but I always get this type of error:

File reading failed:
VLC could not read the file (Input/output error).

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You probably just miss some libraries for reading DVD. Ensure you have libdvdcss2, libdvdread4 and libdvdnav4 installed:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libdvdread4 libdvdnav4

Then run:

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

Reference: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

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  • HI cUBI, I HVE TRIED LL THT BUT STILL THE SME ERROR,UNBLE TO PLY USING VLC
    – Mecha-Unix
    Aug 18, 2013 at 9:17
  • sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libdvdread4 libdvdnav4home@home-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done libdvdnav4 is already the newest version. libdvdnav4 set to manually installed. libdvdread4 is already the newest version. libdvdread4 set to manually installed. ubuntu-restricted-extras is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 129 not upgraded.
    – Mecha-Unix
    Aug 18, 2013 at 9:19
  • WHEN I TRY I GET THIS ERROR
    – Mecha-Unix
    Aug 18, 2013 at 9:20
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    File reading failed: VLC could not read the file (Input/output error). File reading failed: VLC could not read the file (Input/output error).
    – Mecha-Unix
    Aug 18, 2013 at 9:21
  • run vlc -vvv /media/[PATH_TO_MAIN_VOB_FILE] from terminal and post the result
    – Cubiq
    Aug 18, 2013 at 12:50

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