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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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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Can' t mount CD or DVD
I' m trying to burn a simple mp3 data CD but I can' t get k3b/brasero/xfburn to work. Basically K3b says 'Please insert an empty or appendable medium', like if there wasn' t a CD in the DVD recorder. ...
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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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Ubuntu 22.04 iso size?
Alternative Download
I downloaded Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS three times, checked them all, and they are all bigger than a single DVD (4.7GB). All files are larger than advertised, 4.9GB x 4.6GB.
All ...
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Bluray drive not responding when inserting a disk
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I am trying to play a bluray disk on my Sony Vaio Laptop running Ubuntu 12.04.2.
I have tried many tutorials on how to do this and actually I was able to play 1 scene once. But after reboot ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 iso too big for DVD
I am trying to install ubuntu-22.04-2-desktop-amd64.iso on an HP Z210 computer. When I go into the BIOS boot menu with a bootable USB inserted, the BIOS does not recognize the USB stick. So I need to ...
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I can't play a commercial dvd on my ubuntu 22.04 laptop
I went to “ask ubuntu” and tried the suggestion to install ubuntu restricted extras, and then to install libdvd4. This did not help. Another suggestion was to reset the dvd region code. I typed into ...
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How do I play DVDs in Ubuntu 16.04?
I need to watch a DVD for school, but when I try to watch it in VLC, I get this error:
Playback failure:
VLC cannot set the DVD's title. It possibly cannot decrypt the entire disc.
Playback failure:
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Can't find my DVD drive in Ubuntu 16.04
I guess you could say that I'm a slightly educated noob (I know, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing).
My drive worked fine in Mint 17.3, but I am now running Lubuntu 16.04 and my DVD drive has ...
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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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Problems with accented characters
I use Ubuntu 22.04 with KDE Plasma. I have a DVD
/dev/sr0 0 0 0 - [.............] /media/sartoret/Più\040bella\040serata
When I start reading my DVD via VLC, it crashes. No ...
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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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How do I get DVD menus in mplayer
I love mplayer, but I can't figure out how to get the DVD menus working. I heard you need to type something like this:
mplayer dvdnav://
but I don't know what comes after that.
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Lubuntu: VLC Won't Play DVD's
I have downloaded and installed lubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64 onto my old Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, upgraded to run with 2GB RAM. This is a 64-bit machine with its original 80GB HD and is working ...
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My 2011 iMac's internal Superdrive won't take a disc
I have tried to use sg_raw with no avail...
root@iMac:/dev# sg_raw /dev/sr0 ea 00 00 00 00 00 01
NVMe Result=0x0
Trying to run sg_raw -r 1k gives me this output.
root@iMac:/dev# sg_raw -r 1k /dev/sr0 ...
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How to determine whether a dvd is re-writable or not?
Is there any command or a tool that can tell me if I can rewrite a dvd ??? Because sometimes companies fool you and write on their dvds RW when they are not.
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External CDROM will not mount
This subject is often mentioned - but the threads are very old, so I'll try a new one.
This is on kubuntu 22.04 updated as of this posting date.
I have a Pioneer sata CD/DVD RW drive in an external ...
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Set MakeMKV installed with snap to see optical drive
Snap seemed to me the easiest way to install MakeMKV.
I ended up with a program that starts but doesn't react to the presence of a DVD. Trying to navigate manually to the drive, the /media folder is ...
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VLC won't play DVD movies [duplicate]
I installed VLC player on my Ubuntu 14.04 system. DVD movies won't play (no sound or picture) even though the computer tries to start the movie. What's wrong? Is the version wrong for Ubuntu 14.04?
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Booting Ubuntu 20.04 DVD on Athlon 64 results in Grub unknown filesystem error
dug up an old PC (Athlon 64 x2 4400+) I built many years ago and want to see if it runs a "recent" version of Linux ideally Ubuntu. However booting from DVD I get Grub unknown filesystem ...
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Brasero needs mplex and mpeg2enc plugins to work
I installed brasero using the snap store on my laptop running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Now it says I need mplex and mpeg2enc plugins to work.
After installing I tried to burn a DVD. When I clicked "...
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Ubuntu doesnt seem to recognize my dvd drive
To start off, I have been using Ubuntu for a grand total of 2 1/2 days. I have zero programming experience but I can follow instructions. The reason I switched is so that the potato I run can run ...
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DVD not detected?
As i insert a DVD in my drive (on a laptop) using Kubuntu 12.04, the DVD is not detected. The drive takes the DVD, I can hear it munching on it for a while, and then nothing. Even ejecting the DVD ...
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How do I divide .VOB files into separate videos?
I have a SONY Handycam that uses minidiscs as storage for videos. While on the camera menu and through VLC I'm able to see all the videos I recorded if I open the entire folder and not just the files. ...
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Can linux play blu-rays?
So I recently bought a blu-ray drive since I started accumulating a bunch of movies and shows on the format, and I was wondering if linux/ubuntu can actually play them? If not it's fine I can just ...
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Can't burn to CD with any program in Ubuntu 22.04
I recently had to upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 (both running XFCe, if that makes any difference). The CD drive was working perfectly in the former, but I'm having issues with the latter. It ...
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DVD cannot be read in Xubuntu Linux 22.04
There is an issue with reading DVDs in Xubuntu. I am running Xubuntu Linux 22.04 on a 2010 MacBook Pro. I am trying to play a regular DVD with encrypted copyright protection (not Blu Ray). Whenever I ...
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Problem burn blank dvd-RW "linux-windows"
Neither windows nor any linux system burn blank dvd-rw or blank dvd-r. First time, first experience. And i need it urgently because I need install Fedora 10 for study purposes which isn't getting ...
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vlc wont autoplay cds and dvds but can play them in media
fresh install of popos 22.04 with vlc 3.0.18.
vlc will play dvds and cds manually by going to media > open disk > selecting the disc type (dvd / cd / bluray) then disk device ( /dev/cdrom ) that ...
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How to try Ubuntu 18.04 Live Server?
I downloaded an Ubuntu 18.04 Live Server ISO.
I burned it onto a DVD-RW.
I can boot from that DVD-RW.
I press "tab" while booting as described here: If you act quickly enough, hitting the TAB key you ...
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How to permanently enable manual eject button on my optical (CD/DVD) drive under Ubuntu Studio 22.04?
It drove me nuts that the eject button on my optical drive stopped working after I installed Ubuntu Studio 22.04. I find it counter intuitive and a PITA. My PC is a tower PC under my desk, well out ...
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USB CD/DVD not detected by 23.04
Completed a fresh install of 23.04 desktop on Raspberry Pi 4. All good until I connected my external CD/DVD drive, which was pnp on 22.04 and 22.10. No joy on the lobster. Neither Disks utility nor ...
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Is K3b cd/dvd software compatible with 20.04?
I have used this program for years on 18.04, but after updating to 20.04, it doesn't work.
After writing a DVD, it seems to close the disk but takes a long time.
At the beginning of the Verify ...
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Problems with installation using dvd or usb drives
I'm trying to install ubuntu on my laptop and everything I've tried has failed. I downloaded different versions of ubuntu and none of them have successfully installed. I created three different dvds, ...
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Burn DVD From .iso
So I own a few commercial DVDs that now don't play very well due to repeated mishandling over the years. But fortunately before then I took backups of them (as .iso images) onto my hard disk.
The .iso ...
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USB DVD drive mapped to wrong product
I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (dual boot w/ Windows)
I picked up this external USB DVD writer, model ECD819-SU
I have successfully plugged it in, burned a CD, and listened to the CD in the car, so at ...
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Copy DVD Movies Onto Blu Ray
I have a few (movie) DVDs that, thanks to repeated mishandling by the kids, don't play very well on the DVD player. But before they got too bad, I managed to make ISO image copies of them - if I ...
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How do I create a video DVD from vob files?
I wanna burn a video DVD from existing .vob files that can be played in a home video player. I've burned one but it doesn't have sound. I tried with k3b (New video DVD Project) because Brasero doesn't ...
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How do I copy the contents of a CD sequentially vs disconnected reads?
I have a series of DVDs of about 5GB each which are being copied onto a Ubuntu machine using a Dell DW316 reader to then be virus scanned with clamAV-daemon. Currently, this is very slow, running at ...
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VLC won't run DVDs
Just updated to the newest version of Ubuntu and now VLC player won't read DVDs and displays the following message every time I try to play a DVD:
Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "/...
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Unable to play DVDs on Ubuntu 22
How do you watch movie DVDs on Ubuntu 22?
When I install a commercial movie DVD into my player, nothing happens.
I've install Xine and VLC, and run through all the guides (mostly outdated ones like ...
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How to change name of DVD directory
I had K3b burn some data to a rewrite-able DVD.
My file manager shows it as "K3b data project"
I want to rename it to a sensible name like DVD_Disk.
sudo mv '/media/andy/K3b data project' ...
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DVD drive activates every time I save a text file, and at other inappropriate times
I am writing a text file on my laptop.
However, every time I save the text file, the DVD drive activates. The DVD drive also activates at other inappropriate times.
I could eject the DVD of course, ...
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Ubuntu 22.10 won't boot with DVD drive in SATA. Says "AHCI unavailable" Boots fine when DVD unplugged
DVD worked on MSI Z490 board with intel i7.
With MSI Z690 board and intel i7, it won't boot with DVD plugged into SATA. Message "AHCI unavailable."
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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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Cannot mount and play copy-protected dvd Ubuntu 22.04 (libdvdcss is installed!) [closed]
Greetings to everybody.
I have a trouble in reading DRM-protected DVDs on my computer (Ubuntu 22.04). Those DVDs I own personally and I just want to watch them. System tries to read the DVD 3 times ...
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Problems mounting CD/DVD
I'm facing issues when using by very first time my CD/DVD drive in Linux.
Back when I had Linux, it worked normal, CD/DVD rw, but since I didn't use it much, I just removed it from the laptop (you ...
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CDROM recognized, but cannot mount: no medium found on /dev/sr0
I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 and want to open some CDs and DVDs. While on my old PC running Ubuntu Server, they can be mounted easily, on my laptop they are not mounted.
I tried:
$ sudo lshw -C disk
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Lenovo x301 - Can't boot from latest distro on dvd
Got an old laptop from a friend but it had win10 on it which isn't really supported and was painfully slow
Downloaded and burnt an iso (with verify) of latest distro but laptop won't boot from it. It ...
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Make Startup Disk Does Not List DVD
I've made bootable Ubunbu disks many times but now the DVD writer does not appear in Startup Disk Creator in spite being mounted. I tried ejecting and letting it remount but to no avail. Any ideas or ...