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 can I play encrypted DVD movies?
My machine can't play encrypted DVDs on a fresh install. How do I add this capability? Another useful bit of information would be what programs are best for playing DVDs, once I'm able to do so. ...
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5answers
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What is on the DVD Edition of Ubuntu?
Just curious, because Google isn't coming up with anything and Ubuntu.com is hardly descriptive; but what is the difference between Ubuntu CD .iso and the DVD .iso? What's on the DVD that isn't on the ...
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8answers
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How to play VOB files that were inside a DVD disc?
I just downloaded a DVD which is for a movie. After uncompressing the DVD file I see .VOB, .IFO and .BUP files. If I open the first .VOB file it shows me the DVD menu but I can't interact with it. So, ...
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2answers
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How to burn a region free DVD from a DVD movie locked to a specific region?
A friend of mine have a DVD movie locked to a different region. Hopefully, I seem to have a region free DVD player in my laptop.
How can I burn a region free copy of his DVD movie so my friend can ...
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13answers
760 views
Why doesn't Ubuntu move to DVDs?
Taking into account hardware requirements, chances are that you will have a DVD reader. I think its a bit silly to keep limiting ubuntu size to 700MB.
If they switched to DVD size (4,7 GB) we could
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4answers
653 views
How to archive/play DVD with menus and all to disk?
I'd really like to copy all my DVDs to disk for convenience access, since I prefer browsing my filesystem to fiddling with disks. All solutions I've found yet (like dvd::rip) re-encode the contents ...
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3answers
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How do I rip audio from a DVD?
I remember reading a long time ago how you can rip the audio (music) from a DVD and convert it to a usable/readable format.
I can't find that article any more. Can anybody help me?
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4answers
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Ubuntu DVD for Africa
I live in Tanzania Africa and have been promoting Ubuntu for use by NGOs, Schools, and Friends. So far I've got a lot of positive feedback, but do have one huge problem. Internet here is both slow and ...
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1answer
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Why is it not possible to burn a multisession DVD using brasero?
The multisession function works for CDs, but not for DVDs.
There is no option to add files after creating a Multisession DVD. Why is it not possible to create a multisession DVD with brasero?
Thank ...
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6answers
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How do I use Brasero to burn a movie in DVD format?
I have to present an assessment for my Uni course in the form of a DVD movie (so it can be played on a DVD player) but so far, Brasero doesn't seem to be doing it. For example, I left it for over an ...
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4answers
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How do I create a movie DVD?
I would like to create a movie DVD that contains some pictures and small movies. I'm not after anything too fancy, just the ability to add some music, create a title screen and add a menu. Basically, ...
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4answers
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How can I read every DVD, even if encrypted by CSS or other?
I sometimes want to use my computer as a DVD-player. Unfortunately I know that I will often have to cope with encrypted DVDs, for example with CSS.
Therefore I installed the libdvdcss2 library from ...
7
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2answers
627 views
How can I disable the autostart of Brasero when I insert a blank CD/DVD?
When a blank media inserted, the burning tool automatically started. Is there a way to disable that feature?
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2answers
1k views
How do I use lightscribe when burning CDs and DVDs?
I can I produce those nice images on the back of my dvd (lightscribe)?
Is it possible on ubuntu?
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5answers
647 views
Can you tell whether I have a hardware or software problem with a DVD-ROM drive?
Trying to copy the content of a DVD on a Asrock ION 330 running Maverick, i.e. with:
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=dvdcopy
...I get errors in /var/log/messages:
Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.445966] ...
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5answers
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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 ...
6
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4answers
690 views
How much room do language packs take?
In order to save space, is it possible to make the CD English-only, and put the other languages only on the DVD?
6
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1answer
5k views
Troubles when trying to play a DVD
I'm trying to play a DVD I recently bought, but when I try to, sometimes a message appears:
Could not read DVD. This may be because the DVD is encrypted and a DVD decryption library is not ...
6
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1answer
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How can I Integrate Ubuntu 32 and 64 bit into a single DVD [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
DVD with both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu
I have both 32 and 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 iso, but how can I integrate them (both 32 bit and 64 bit) into a single DVD with a menu to ...
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4answers
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How to diagnose problems with a DVD drive?
I'm having trouble playing DVDs. I've installed all the libraries and whatnot (ubuntu-restricted-extras, libdvdcss2, libdvdread4, etc.). I was getting a lot of I/O errors on my DVD drive at startup ...
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3answers
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How to burn a DVD which is playable in an external player?
I have several .dvd files which were created using OpenShot Video Editor. To export the videos from OpenShot, I used the DV-NTSC widescreen and DV-PAL Widescreen property.
Can anyone tell me how I ...
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2answers
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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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2answers
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rip (transcode) multiple titles, from a tv series dvd, automatically
I want to rip some tv series. dvd::rip doesnt allow me to transcode all the titles with one click, which means doing the same process many times (20~ eps x many seasons= many videos).
Is there any ...
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2answers
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OpenShot creates 0 byte DVD files
I've created an OSP file with OpenShot, and I wanted to export it as a DVD file. As this is my very first project, I've checked some how-to-websites and blogs where it was clearly explained how I ...
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2answers
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VLC won't play DVD Ubuntu 12.10
I try to play the DVD "Toy Story" with VLC player and installed libdvdcss2, but when I attempt to play it, VLC just closes.
I already ran VLC from the console to get more output before it crashes and ...
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1answer
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Movie Player has require plugins, claims DVD encrypted [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I play encrypted DVD movies?
I've been trying to gain the ability to view DVDs on Ubuntu 11.04. I'm using Movie Player.
I have installed the ...
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0answers
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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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14answers
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How do I burn the 12.10 790MB ISO to a CD?
How do I burn the latest 12.10 790MB ISO to a CD?
My burning software says insert a disk but 700MB CD's are too small. I tried a DVD and that didn't work either. Please help.
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4answers
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What cd/dvd burning software should I use?
I have tried countless cd/dvd burning software on ubuntu 12.04 and none of them work for me, any ideas guys?
I've tried tovidgui, bombono dvd,and mestelix, they are all so very confusing is there ...
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2answers
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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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5answers
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Playing DVD Video stored on hard-drive
I am using Movie Player (under Applications -> Sound and Video) to play dvd-video files that are copied on hard-drive.
But it's not playing properly. I have to give each .VOB file to player to play.
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3answers
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Convert DVD to MKV (et al) without transcoding/recompression
Like a lot of people, I have a lot of DVDs. But we also have a stupid amount of disk space and a media centre (Boxee) so the DVDs are getting less and less use. It would be nice to convert our DVDs ...
4
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1answer
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Recovering Files from a Corrupt CD/DVD
I have certain old CD/DVD's which are not in good condition. I want to recover from them anything that can be recovered. in windows you had software like Isobuster and Cd Recovery which will let me do ...
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4answers
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Where can I find a 12.10 DVD image?
While I'm open to buying a DVD from the shop, I'd rather download a DVD image, but I can't find it on the Download page (only the CD images and the option to buying a DVD).
I have slow internet where ...
4
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1answer
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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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3answers
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See files on an ISO DVD without burning it to disc?
I use daemon tools in Windows to see files in an ISO DVD image. Are there any tools like that on Ubuntu? How do I see the files in an ISO DVD image without burning it to disc?
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2answers
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How to Automount folder as C: in Dosbox
I have had a look at the community documentation here and there doesn't seem to be any information about how to "Automount" a folder as the C: drive in Dosbox.
Also as a bonus is it possible to ...
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1answer
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How do I get DVD to play in VLC from unity dash launcher?
Once I put the DVD into DVD drive, it appears in the Unity dash/place. Clicking the icon opens nautilus. How do I make clicking the icon to open VLC player and start playing it ?.
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2answers
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How can I burn a bootable dmg image?
Hello guys I have a bootable dmg image and I need to burn it to a double layer DVD (the only one I have right now).
I don't have Mac just my Ubuntu PC and I heard it's possible but searching google ...
4
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1answer
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How to eject a CD/DVD from the command line
I've just right clicked on the DVD icon in the Unity Launcher in order to eject it, but instead of hitting the 'Eject' button, I missed and hit the 'Unlock from Launchpad' option instead.
How do I go ...
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2answers
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Fast way to burn DVD-R (UDF)?
We could create ISO-9660 DVDs by piping mkisofs into cdrecord.
For UDF, the procedure seems to be convoluted and slow. It creates a temporary blank 4GB file, then writes data into it, and only then ...
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2answers
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Unable to rip DVD using HandBrake or OGMRip
I just got my kids some new DVDs, but I am trying to rip them and back them up, since I know they are rough with their discs, and I want to have backups in case the discs become scratched.
However, I ...
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3answers
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Can't Mount a not copy protected DVD Video?
I'm trying to mount a DVD video that has no kind of copy protection on it. It plays just fine in Windows and in DVD players. If I insert a regular data DVD it automounts just fine and I can browse it. ...
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4answers
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How to watch mounted DVD image in VLC?
Why VLC (in my case ver. 1.1.4) cannot open/play mounted Video DVD images /in Ubuntu 10.10 as well?
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3answers
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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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4answers
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Why does DVD playback still not work after installing libdvdcss2?
I have installed libdvdcss2, but I still get this error when trying to play DVDs:
libdvdread4 was installed by default (This is a new System76 Pangolin Performance). I ran the install-css.sh ...
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1answer
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What is the best tool for converting and reading video to be played on DVD players?
Last time I tried Brasero it was very slow compared to anything on windows.
If there is also a way to speed it up that would be great.
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2answers
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Inserted DVD disc not recognized
I was trying to watch a DVD on my Ubuntu laptop, however, whenever I insert the disc, the CD/DVD drive icon on the Computer pane disappears, seems that it cannot detect what type of disc was inserted.
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2answers
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How to make a bootable ISO image from a bootable DVD?
I want to make a .iso image of a bootable OS DVD, to use in VirutalBox.
Nautilus can make a .iso, but only of data files, it seems.
The .iso it created was not bootable.
What is available to make ...
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1answer
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By what methods can I check information about a DVD video disc?
I have some DVD video discs that I am intending to sell. I would like to get information such as region, language, subtitles.
Some of the discs are in another language which I cannot read, and some ...
