Questions about DVD media, including playback, mounting, players, burning and editing. Questions may pertain to both video and data DVDs.
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Ripping DVD to iso - Accurately
I have been using Brasero to rip my DVD collection to .iso. However, I've discovered some errors in some of the DVDs through playback e.g. VLC player would just stop playing the iso file when a bad ...
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Is it possible to install LibreOffice from Ubuntu DVD to Ubuntu studio?
Because of download restriction, I would like to know if it is possible to install LibreOffice (or other software) from Ubuntu 12.04 DVD to Ubuntu studio?
I have Ubuntu studio 12.04 installed and ...
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I can't burn a CD in 12.04. I can only read data from a CD
I can't burn a blank cd/dvd. The system does not recognize any cd/dvd drive.
When I insert a cd/dvd with data, there is no problem. The system automounts the drive.
Please help.
Thank you.
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Integrated CD / DVD drive no longer working in 12.04 [closed]
I upgraded my laptop to 12.04 a few weeks ago, and now the integrated CD/DVD drive appears to have disappeared. It still opens and closes so the connections are presumably fine. Anyone advise, please? ...
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Cannot view, use, or open CDs or DVDs in Ubuntu 12.04
I am fairly new to Ubuntu 12.04 and I have encountered a rather irritating problem. Whenever I insert a CD or DVD (whether it have data, music, movies, or nothing at all), nothing pops up saying "you ...
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12.04 won't recognize my CD/DVD Drive
CD/DVD drive is an IDE slave device, and my hard drive is the IDE master device.
The hard drive is located at /dev/sda1, but dev/sda2 can't be mounted. (I can't use -t auto
and I don't know what the ...
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None of the DVDs can be read
It does not matter what kind of DVD I try to play on either my DVD-ROM or my DVD-R/RW I get the same error message from VLC media player.
I have tried all disc device options. This is the error ...
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What DVD authoring software can I use on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit. I'm looking for a DVD maker program for Ubuntu like the DVD maker program for Windows. I need to put some videos on DVD (and in DVD format, not just as files) so I can ...
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Install seems to hang, but I'm not sure
I am trying to install Ubuntu on an old computer that had Windows XP on it.
After struggling with why it wouldn't boot from the DVD, I ran across the solution where you typed help into the prompt ...
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Mounting a USB CD/DVD drive (have used dmesg)
I have used dmesg to find out that the drive is on dev/sr1 but i am not sure how to mount this because I have only ever mounted USB sticks in the past.
Could someone please help?
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What are Ubuntu's certified external dvd burners?
I found this, but I think it's related to internal optical drive.
So...What are Ubuntu's certified external dvd burners?
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Software to Copy a scratched CD/DVD/Blueray to an ISO file
I have some optical discs that are sorely scratched. I've cleaned the discs, but they still have trouble reading. When trying ddrescue to backup the discs, it will read up to X bytes, and fail on all ...
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Copy CD / DVD contents into an iso file
The title seems to be self explainatory. I just want a software to do that. I already have Nero linux but i dont think it is capable of doing it.
Trying out the command line method
I get an ...
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How can I create a backup file. iso like Edubuntu?
I want to create a DVD boot can setup like Edubuntu boot. This is the second time I have installed Edubuntu on my pc, but every time I install, I have to upgrade all packages and language. (Almost 400 ...
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Could not read dvd despite having restricted extras
I still can't seem to play movie DVDs on my Ubuntu 11.10 even after installing restricted extras and after trying this
This[a] is the error message that I get with movie player.
VLC doesn't play the ...
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What's the best way to burn a video file to a DVD?
I have a few high quality video files in a number of formats.
I'd like to burn them so I can watch them on my DVD player.
I'd like a program similar to Nero, which can transcode the files and burn ...
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DVDs don't play after installing the restricted packages
I've installed the Ubuntu restricted area packages tried several things but no DVD play.
AUDIO CD works fine, I built this system especially for linux all new hardware.
dvd drive worked fine in a ...
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Regionset fails even there is a readable disc inserted
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Inspiron 6400 and tried to enable playing of encrypted DVD's, I made sure libdvdread4is installed and got myself regionset via apt. When I try running it ...
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Using Linux on Windows XP without installing it
I am very new to Linux. I have downloaded and created Ubuntu 11.10 DVD. I would first like to try its complete features without actually installing it on my desktop. I am trying it on my old desktop ...
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DVD-RW does not mount in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I try to use CDs and DVDs in my Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04 LTS), but the system doesn't mount the DVD-Recorder when the DVD or CD is ready to use. What is the solution for this problem? How Ubuntu ...
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Is there an alternative to DVD-Shrink, that can compress a DVD image to a smaller size to fit on a writeable DVD?
Is there a linux alternative to the Windows application DVD-Shrink, that can compress a DVD image to a smaller size to fit on a writeable DVD?
In backing up some DVD's the ripped ISO file size is ...
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DVDs won't play under Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I play encrypted DVD movies?
I've installed the restricted extras package (Medibuntu) but I still cannot play a dvd under Ubuntu 12.04. I've loaded VLC, but all ...
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Unable to auto or manually mount a blank DVD; blank CDs are fine
A DVD with any data on it, an iso file, backup data, whatever, will mount properly after being inserted into the CD/DVD drive. A blank one will not. A blank CD will show up properly in the 'Places' ...
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iso image is not getting burned properly! [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How burn or mount an ISO file?
i tried burning the ubuntu 12.04 iso image in many cd's and dvd's but the iso file does not get expanded. it shows only the iso file in it ...
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How do I burn the Ubuntu ISO using Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How burn or mount an ISO file?
I have downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 ISO image but I am not sure how to burn it. Can I burn it by right clicking and selecting burn with Nero ...
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Can Ubuntu 12.04LTS fit on a normal CD, 700MB, or i do need a DVD?
i just want to know if the new ubuntu (12.04LTS) can fit perfectly on a normal cd :)
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Invalid DVDs on home player
DVDs ripped and burned with native Linux apps are "invalid" in my home DVD player, using DVDshrink or DVDfab through wine will yield a playable disc? I figure its something simple I've got set up ...
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Is there a wubi installer for the ubuntu DVD version?
These days my heart pumps more blood to itself because of Ubuntu 12.04 release. I would like to download it about two or three days later.we know there is a wubi for the cd version included. I want to ...
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How to burn a BLU-RAY disc in a DVD-R?
I have a BLU-RAY disc of my project. I need rip this to my HD and burn this content in a DVD-R. Its possible?
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How to backup programs to DVD
Is there any way to backup installed programs to DVD.
For example when I will install new Ubuntu to install software from the disk and not from the Internet.
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Can't play dvd - vob files
Works fine in Windows 7 I just put in the dvd and it plays. I've downloaded VLC for Ubuntu 11.10 and tried playing both the individual vob files (didn't work) and the root directory on the dvd (also ...
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Unable to play DVDs
I'm a newbie, and I've installed the restricted extras package but I still cant play a dvd. Is there a way to trouble shoot the problem or is there any important codecs that I've missed?
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Stream VOB files from DvD rips over my network
Ive got some ripped dvd's in VOB format on my server. I want to stream these to another device I.e. another pc with VLC across my network. How?
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How can I Watch DVD movies using Ubuntu for the first time? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I play encrypted DVD movies?
I'm a new user of Ubuntu, I"m impressed with the support, but I can't watch dvd movies on my Ubuntu computer, What can I do to solve ...
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Do I have to use “eject” in terminal to load a cd/dvd (on Sony Vaio with eject button)
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Sony Vaio VGN-AR61M as a dual boot machine (I have to keep windows for the CAD stuff I need for work).
After looking at different answers on why my eject button ...
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How to rip DVD's in high quality
I am currently backing up (ripping) my dvd collection onto my server harddrive, to allow streaming throughout my house. I am using Acidrip to do the ripping. My problem is that the quality video of ...
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Why is the 11.10 ISO so much larger than the 11.04 one?
Wanted to download Ubuntu and I just saw that ubuntu-11.04-dvd-amd64.iso is 4GB while the ubuntu-11.10-dvd-amd64.iso is only 1.5GB.
Why the difference in size? Is there something missing form 11.10?
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How do I install a DVD decryption library? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I play encrypted DVD movies?
I recently built a computer running Ubuntu 11.10. It works great, except for one thing. With some video DVDs, when I insert them ...
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Command line backup of my DVD
I am trying to follow the directions to create an automated backup from this site for my 11.10 machine:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=363666
The DVD that I'm working with is a Memorex ...
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Play DVD from Movie Player
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10. When I insert a DVD (into my MacBook Pro), I have the choice to play it through Movie Player, and it plays fine. However, if I then close Movie Player, and reopen it, I get ...
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dvd movies not mounting
ok my problem here is that if I insert a dvd movie into my drive it spins then nothing happens, however if i insert a data dvd it mounts and opens the files within 20 seconds. I have all medibuntu ...
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Can Ubuntu be installed from a DVD?
When installing Ubuntu am I gonna put it on a CD or DVD-R? I know the site said CD but I was told to buy DVD-R to back up windows so I was kinda hoping I can use a DVD-R to install Ubuntu.
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Unable to mount location [closed]
I have a dell with two drives, a DVD drive and a CD drive.
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 on a pendrive.
When I put a CD into the CD drive it loads and displays the pictures on the CD
When I put the same ...
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1answer
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CD/DVD directory cataloguing application for Ubuntu
Does anyone know a good application for cataloguing directories on Ubuntu that supports ext4, etc. and NTFS and FAT32?
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Cannot install DeVeDe after installing VLC PPA
I've updated to vlc 2.0 through ppa and ubuntu told me that it had to make a partial dist upgrade.
So I did it but then i've seen that devede was removed, i think because it was in conflict with ...
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DVD Playback prohibited by area limitations
Need to shrink 8.5GB DVD to 4.7GB and burn a DVD with NTSC format. Sounds simple right?
I have tried several ways and combined different apps without success.
I have used different media DVD/RW+ ...
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How burn youtube videos on a DVD
I have downloaded youtube videos on my computer. They have an ".flv" extension. I want to watch them on my Tv but when I burn them onto a DVD using Brasero or XfBurn my DVD recorder does not recognize ...
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IDE DVD Mounting problem [closed]
How do I make IDE DVD drive 'work' properly under Ubuntu?
How do I get rid of the thing down the left hand side and put it back/ normal drop down menus across top of screen as in previous releases?
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Why does ubuntu have trouble ejecting a DVD after burning? [closed]
After successfully burning a tar .tgz file to a DVD+R, it fails to eject. The user is prompted to manually eject the disk. What typically causes this problem?
Details:
Maverick (10.10)
CD/DVD ...
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IDE DVD Mounting problem [closed]
OK, think of me of a bit of newbie here as far as Ubuntu goes...
I am building up a new system out of old scrap parts, Ubuntu installed alright but having a problem 'seeing' the contents of an IDE ...
