This happens with all self-made DVD's I have. Created those quite some time ago on Windows XP with Nero. My DVD player autostarts the DVDs. Windows 7 also plays/sees the files on the DVDs Commercial DVDs open normally, just as self-made data DVDs (old ones made with Gnomebaker), as do audio CDs and data CDs. Later I created these simple DVDs on Vista with Nero and later with Nero for Linux; probably Ubuntu 10 (I think). A few (illegal movies) and most DVDs are music bootlegs. The DVDs are named and have two folders that's all: [empty] AUDIO_TS and [containing files in] VIDEO_TS.
Might this be an UDF issue? And should as I saw somewhere /etc/fstab be edited to include UDF specifically? Installed and reinstalled: libudf0, libudf-dev and udftools among other things. Manually mounting gives the following: sudo mount -t udf /dev/sr0 /media/joost
output:
mount: blok-apparaat /dev/sr0 is schrijfbeveiligd en wordt als alleen-lezen aangekoppeld
mount: onjuiste bestandssysteemsoort, ongeldige optie, ontbrekende codepagina,
ontbrekend hulpprogramma, slecht superblok op /dev/sr0, of een andere fout
Soms staat er nuttige informatie in het systeemlog --
probeer zoiets als: dmesg | tail
(Quick translation from the Dutch: block device /dev/sr0 is write protected will be mounted as read only. mount: invalid/wrong filesystem, invalid option, missing code page, missing help program, bad superblock /dev/sr0 or other error... Sometimes more info dmesg | tail:
joost@joost-HP-Compaq-nc6320:~$ dmesg | tail
[ 6596.943015] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: tag version 0x0000 != 0x0002 || 0x0003, block 0
[ 6596.943019] UDF-fs: warning (device sr0): udf_load_vrs: No anchor found
[ 6596.943023] UDF-fs: warning (device sr0): udf_fill_super: No partition found (1)
[ 6807.503797] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: read failed, block=256, location=256
[ 6808.545327] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: tag version 0x0000 != 0x0002 || 0x0003, block 0
[ 6808.545360] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: read failed, block=512, location=512
[ 6808.545366] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: tag version 0x0000 != 0x0002 || 0x0003, block 0
[ 6808.545371] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: tag version 0x0000 != 0x0002 || 0x0003, block 0
[ 6808.545375] UDF-fs: warning (device sr0): udf_load_vrs: No anchor found
[ 6808.545379] UDF-fs: warning (device sr0): udf_fill_super: No partition found (1).
Because data DVDs and commercial DVDs are opening normally I'm at a loss. Also when I insert a burned video DVD all the time Ubuntu gives the message: cannot mount blank DVD+RW disc location already mounted
. I can see the DVD now in Nautilus; I can drag files to it to be burned on it. Of course that's not possible; if I add a file and click on burn to disk, Ubuntu states that there is insufficient free space on the DVD. All burned DVDs are finalized. With Mplayer, VLC and Totem I tried to access the files on several DVDs, but I had no luck.
In Synaptic I found Dvdisaster and tried it. And Dvdisaster was the only program that detected something on the two DVDs I tried. It gave the name/title and was scanning, but that took too long and burned video play in standalone dvdplayer and windows. Does Dvdisaster use special libraries?
I tried opening a DVD from the terminal:
joost@joost-HP-Compaq-nc6320:~$ mplayer dvd://
MPlayer2 UNKNOWN (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing dvd://.
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.12 for DVD access
libdvdread: Can't seek to block 256
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread: Can't seek to block 256
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.BU.
Can't open VMG info!
No stream found to handle url dvd://
Exiting... (End of file)
[Totem in terminal also doesn't work.]
I reinstalled restricted extras and codecs (reinstalled these: ibdvdcss2 libdvdread4 libdvdcss-dev), with sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh
and rebooting but to no avail.
I also tried several of the tips here but no luck.
My regionset output:
Current Region Code settings:
RPC Phase: II
type: NONE
vendor resets available: 4
user controlled changes resets available: 5
drive plays discs from region(s):, mask=0xFF
[Do not see a number, but commercial DVDs play normally.]
Is there something that Nero "does" while burning? I do not think so, because only playback issues with Ubuntu (13.04). Some region-free encryption or something which Nero (also) burned which isn't standard? I'm thinking UDF support in 13.04, current kernel? But I haven't got a clue.
These errors are from the system log:
[ 8969.688339] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: read failed, block=256, location=256
Aug 12 06:38:47 joost-HP-Compaq-nc6320 kernel: [ 8970.729916] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: tag version 0x0000 != 0x0002 || 0x0003, block 0
Aug 12 06:38:47 joost-HP-Compaq-nc6320 kernel: [ 8970.729949] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: read failed, block=512, location=512
Aug 12 06:38:47 joost-HP-Compaq-nc6320 kernel: [ 8970.729955] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: tag version 0x0000 != 0x0002 || 0x0003, block 0
Aug 12 06:38:47 joost-HP-Compaq-nc6320 kernel: [ 8970.729960] UDF-fs: error (device sr0): udf_read_tagged: tag version 0x0000 != 0x0002 || 0x0003, block 0
Aug 12 06:38:47 joost-HP-Compaq-nc6320 kernel: [ 8970.729964] UDF-fs: warning (device sr0): udf_load_vrs: No anchor found
Aug 12 06:38:47 joost-HP-Compaq-nc6320 kernel: [ 8970.729968] UDF-fs: warning (device sr0): udf_fill_super: No partition found (1)
My issue seems a lot like: Can't Mount a not copy protected DVD Video? I just ran into this issue today. But it has been a long time since I played a DVD on my laptop, so perhaps old pre-Raring issue. Anyway, I need some help here, I've been googling and trying for hours.
Many thanks in advance!
My system info:
• Ubuntu 13.04
• Gnome (3.6.3 2013-03-18)
• Fallback no Effects
• Kernel: 3.8.0-28-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 26 16:28:49 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
• PC model: HP Compaq 6320 Laptop
• CPU: Dual 1.83 Intel Centrino
• Memory: 4GB (of which Ubuntu can only use 3.2GB)
• Hard drive: 160GB HDD
• DVD DRIVE: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T10N (perhaps relevant?)