Questions tagged [dvd]

Questions about DVD media, including playback, mounting, players, burning and editing. Questions may pertain to both video and data DVDs.

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How to burn torrent movies to a dvd-rw that work! [duplicate]

I just downloaded ubuntu to my Dell laptop and I'm about 6 hrs new to this system. On my girlfriends windows 7 laptop I burnt the movie frozen to a dvd-rw and put it in the xbox, ps4, and a portable ...
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VLC can't read DVDs even after I installed things to read them

Moment ago and I got this from VLC media player Playback failure: DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd". Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log ...
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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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I am unable to burn DVDs. I have attempted to remedy this issue, but nothing seems to work

Weirdly enough, I WAS able to burn data to DVDs, as a matter of fact I just burned 2, but then it just stopped working. I tried using Brasero, Xfburn and K3b, and they all give some sort of error. I ...
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Cannot find welcome window in Bionic Beaver DVD

I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Desktop (Bionic Beaver) on an HP Laptop 15-da0xxx. It's currently running Windows 10 Home. I downloaded ubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso from https://ubuntu....
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Can't boot Ubuntu 16.04 without dvd / usb

I just got Acer E 15, and I want to use only Ubuntu 16.04 on it. I have used "rufus" on my primary laptop (win7) to burn Ubuntu installation iso on usb. I reordered the boot priority to ...
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Why is k9copy no longer in use?

Trying to install this under 13.10, but see it hasn't been updated since 12.10 - is it no longer worth using? If it is, how do I install manually on 13.10?
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Will any DVD drive work with Ubuntu?

I have scourged websites for Samsung / Lite-on/ LG / Asus and none list "Linux" in their OS Supported sections. Is there a special brand / model of dvd drive for Ubuntu / Linux? Thank you.
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How do I create a movie DVD to be played on a TV [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I create a movie DVD? I have all these DVD rips on my computer, and I want to put them on a DVD to play on my TV, as my laptop doesn't have a HDMI port. What is the ...
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DVD ROM with interactive Uni activities won't install on Ubuntu

I have just started an Open Uni degree and been supplied with a DVD ROM which has interactive activities, including video and audio to watch/listen to. Apparently you have to "install" the DVD and ...
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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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Share my DVD drive with my Mac Mini over LAN

I've got a Mac Mini that doesn't have a DVD drive. Apple says you can share a DVD drive over the network, but their "magical" approach only works with Windows and other Macs. http://support.apple.com/...
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Making an ISO from a dvd once it's inserted

I'm trying to make it so that when I insert a dvd into the cdrom It exports it into an iso using dd. Here's the script for exporting to an iso #!/bin/bash timestamp=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S") ...
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How to upgrade Ubuntu Desktop 18.0.4 LTS to 20.0.4 LTS from DVD?

A friend of mine has Ubuntu Desktop 18.0.4 LTS installed and would like to upgrade to 20.0.4 LTS. He has tried repeatedly to do so in the recommended way (from repositories), but his Internet ...
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How can I solve this incomplete graphics on a live DVD?

I am building a NAS and doing some testing and fiddling using a Ubuntu live DVD (there are no HDDs in there yet). Unfortunately, when I maximize a window, it won't get updated until I switch to ...
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External DVD driver doesn't play the disc properly

Question: can you recommend an external DVD player that I can use for watching legal movies in Europe (region code: 2) using Ubuntu 18.04? I bought a new notebook and an external DVD player because ...
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How to reset CD/DVD drive

I'm using a Windows DVD ripping program under Play-On-Linux and every now and then, despite removing the DVD contents from the program, when I click the 'Unmount' in Nautilus a message box pops up ...
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Can't play DVDs with Ubuntu 18.04

After upgrading to 18.04 my external DVD player no longer plays dvd. I checked that the usual suspects of packages were installed: libdvdnav4 is already the newest version (6.0.0-1). libdvdread4 is ...
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Converted video from .VOB have no voice

I'm stock on this for a while. I have tried ffmpeg -i inpout.VOB -c:v libx264 -crf 20 -c:a libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 192k output.avi and mencoder in.VOB -nosub -nosound -ovc x264 \ -x264encopts ...
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Ubuntu does not recognise DVD-R and DVD+R

Someone gave me some DVDs where he burnt some videos on them by himself. My Ubuntu installation does them not recognize at all. "Normal" commercial DVDs I am able to play. I have no real clue where ...
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Problems reading filesystem of recorded DVD-R

I am experiencing problems when trying to read DVD-Rs or DVD+Rs recorded by different TV DVD Recorders. Usually the problem is that when I try to manually Mount the dvd with the udf option (with auto ...
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Rip a DVD title with IFO and BUP files from the command line

Like the title says, I would like to rip a DVD title with IFO and BUP files from the command line. I have tried several programs with varying results. Using dvdbackup: dvdbackup -i imagefile.img -o /...
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Are micro/ultra DVD drives (i.e. those without drawers) supported?

I have a system with a Matsushita/Panasonic optical drive with no drawer i.e. it should detect when a disk is inserted and ingests it automatically. During boot, I can sucessfully insert a disk, ...
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Repository on DVDs for Ubuntu likes Debian

Why Ubuntu dont have all repository on dvds likes Debian? I downloaded 10 dvds from debian Wheezy... I'm happy... so I no need internet for install programs on my laptop or my student's netbooks... ...
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How to rip a DVD in codec H.265 [closed]

Is it possible to rip a DVD in the new H.265 Codec? I only found tools for AVC / H.264
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Ubuntu 12.04 Can't Play DVDs with Libdvdcss installed

I've installed VLC, libdvdread4, libdvdcss, Medibuntu and Ubuntu restricted extras AND ran this line of code... sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh ...on my Ubuntu 12.04 but whenever I ...
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no DVD since upgrade to kernel 3.7

My problem is the following, since an upgrade to Kernel 3.7, my cdrom/DVD drive has dissapeared. There is no trace of /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom0 and others. The drive does not show up in dmesg. I see many ...
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Determine CD/DVD burn date

How can I determine the date when a CD/DVD was written? I have already tried Disc info in Nero4Linux and cdrecord -v dev=xxx -toc, but unfortunately none of them gave me the answer. I know there ...
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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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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 I can ...
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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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Installers asks me to insert CD that is already in tray [closed]

I have tried installing Ubuntu 11.04 server and Ubuntu 10.04 server on a fairly old AMD Athlon machine but after quite som time of the install the installer asks me to insert the install disk, which ...
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How to mostly automate authoring video dvds?

How to take a few hundred video files of various formats and put them on dvds, with a dvd menu item for each video file? Automated to the extend that doing any action for each and every file is too ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 DVD drive won't work

I just got a new DVD drive that I know works because it live boots another distribution. When I put a dvd into the drive it repeatedly tries and fails to spin up, and Ubuntu doesn't recognize that ...
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Extract (rip) DVD in Chapters and not in Title

I'm ripping a Mozart DVD, but I only need to extract a few chapters (tracks) from it. I try to use dvdrip but it only extracts me the Title (the whole video). Is there any program to do this? Thanks
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DVDs have only roughly 2 KB of space

I have several DVD-R 4.7 GB disks and when I enter them into my computers disk tray, Ubuntu only reads 2.0 KB. It is different for each disk, but it is always roughly around 2.0 KB and all 50 or so ...
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How to block cd/dvd drive in Ubuntu?

I have created 3 standard users in my system and I want to disable CD/DVD drive for them. How to do it?
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How to rip an audio track in flac from a DVD video?

More and more audio CD are sold together with a DVD video containing bonus tracks. I want to rip only the audio part of those videos using a losseless audio codec, ideally flac for me. Is there an ...
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How to finish setup of dvd::rip?

I had isntalled dvd:rip and trying to finish setup, but while checking dependencies I found out that missed rar, and it's necessary to install old version (min 2.71 and max 2.99). By default I could ...
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I have just installed Linux 22.04 and cannot play videos

I installed Ubuntu 22.04 and typed the following in the command terminal: sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras && sudo apt install vlc I accepted the t&cs and it seemed to install OK ...
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Burning CD's with Brasero error

(Sorry for my English) So, my Windows Xp broke and I installed Ubuntu 13.04. I got back a Windows Xp iso and I'm considering dual-booting. The problem is that when I try to burn the iso, I get an ...
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How to watch DVDs in Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit and I am new to Ubuntu, I noticed if I put a DVD into my DVD drive it will not play. Is there something I can download that can let me watch DVDs.
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How can I join together multiple VOB files?

When I ripped a DVD using dvd::rip, the main title was split into several 1GB VOB files. How can I join them to make a single VOB file that contains the whole title?
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DVD not playing properly

What do I need to install in order to play a DVD with Ubuntu? I've just recently installed Ubuntu and have tried playing the DVD. It won't play - the only thing that shows is DVD was unable to play ...
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Error in loading of Ubuntu 14.04 installation DVD

The installation gets to the screen of Ubuntu where it's loading, I click the left button to see code and here's what it says is happening: stdin: Not a typewriter Generating locales... en_US.UTF-...
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External DVD writer not detected in xfburn

I have an external dvd writer (brand: Buffalo) and it is not detected in xfburn. How do I solve this ? $ udevadm info --name=/dev/sr1 --query=all P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-1/2-1:1....
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Can't read dvd in Xubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I play encrypted DVD movies? My laptop has Xubuntu 12.04 installed and I can't read dvds burned in my dvd recorder. To read my dvds, I had to use a external USB dvd ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 DVD images and debian-installer

The Ubuntu 12.04.1 (Precise) Desktop DVD image for the i386 architecture does not seem to include debian-installer, the alternative text-mode installation option. Why so? In 10.04 (Lucid) the DVD used ...
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How can I restore DVD drive operation following most recent Ubuntu r19.04 `apt upgrade`

Some time in the last day or two, following one of the recent apt update-s the DVD driver on my desktop has stopped working. between: 2019-09-15 (UTC) or so until: 2019-09-20 (UTC) After several ...
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I can't seem to install Ubuntu 16.04.2

I'm trying to install a newer version on a nettop (Acer Aspire Revo) that is running an older version. I have an external DVD drive that appears to be booting up ok, but when I get to the "Install ...
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