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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Unable to Rip DVD Using Handbrake GUI
I am trying to rip a DVD to use in my Plex media server, but I keep getting the error below. I am pretty sure this isn't a hardware issue.
Any help would be appreciated!
Here is the log file:
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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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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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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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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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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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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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DVD Only Plays music CD or Data CD
I have the latest LTS of Ubuntu jammy jellyfish + latest addons, extras, + restricted installed.
Music CDs are detected and played normally. DOS CD games can be installed & run thru DOSbox.
I have ...
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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 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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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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Change the default action when a CD or DVD is inserted - Ubuntu Mate 20.04
When you insert a CD or DVD into the optical drive while running Ubuntu, a dialogue box pops up, asking what you'd like to do. A while ago, I told it to run a specific program, and that this should be ...
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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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Assign /dev/sr0 to external optical drive
I have a piece of software that I can't alter that looks for a disc in /dev/sr0. That device is the integrated dvd drive in my computer, which has become inoperable. However, it still shows up as /dev/...
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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 ...
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Can't mount DVD on lubuntu 20.04: no media is in the drive error
For command sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/mydvd I get this error:
mount: /media/mydvd: no medium found on /dev/sr0
eject is working properly
drive is working
disk is a new disk with audio data written ...
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K3b fails to burn Windows ISO to DVD-R at 98% (Brasero also fails)
I'm trying to create a bootable Windows 8.1 ISO on a blank DVD after my system repeatedly failed to boot from a USB, only showing a flashing dash. I tried using Brasero, but I always get an error that ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 dvd player not mounting
My desktop machine is running in dual boot with 16.04 and 20.04, with the Unity desktop in both versions. It has an internal DVD+R player. When a disk is inserted, the player spins but will not mount ...
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Mounting DVD when unable to open DVD player
I am very new to Linux so learning as I go. I have a new PC that has a internal DVD player installed. I would like to use it but there is no button to open the DVD like you see on most laptops/PCs. I ...
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old versions of Ubuntu Packages in ISO or rar please [closed]
Hi there Ubuntu and Developers its possible to create ISO images to burn on CD DVD or USB pen
all old versions Updates Packages from Ubuntu 18.0.04, 19, 20, 21 and so on
my favorite Ubuntu ...
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Must be superuser to mount - even though /etc/fstab option includes users
I am trying to set up the Automatic Ripping Machine (nickname for which, sadly, is arm) on a Ubuntu 20.04 LTS system with latest updates.
Part of the installation was to put the following line into /...
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DVD won't play on Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS
I have been able to watch DVD movies on my 20.04 LTS desktop for several years. Just did an upgrade to jammy jellyfish and this no longer works.
The DVD player works fine with data files but when I ...
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brasero and growisofs fail pointlessly - "space will be wasted"
Trying to burn a copy of Ubuntu 22.04 onto a dual layer DVD, I keep getting this error:
:-( more than 50% of space will be wasted!
use single layer media for this recording
I don't have any single ...
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Ubuntu Mate 20.04 does not show any player when asking what to do after inserting a disk
I have a problem with Ubuntu Mate 20.04: when I insert a disk in the player, the usual window appears that asks for what action to take, but the drop-down menu shows no entry at all. I can of course ...
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DVDs don't work in Kubuntu after upgrade to 20.04
I recently upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS and as usual with Ubuntu upgrades, stuff broke.
After the upgrade DVDs didn't work at all, but after apt installing libdvd-pkg and running dpkg-...
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Cannot play DVDs after installing Linux 22.04
I tried to play DVDs on the Videos package. I got the following error:
Despite several attempts installing, removing and reinstalling restricted extras and vlc (both with apt and aptitude) I still ...
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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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usb dvd as a device
I'm running Kubuntu 21.10. I want to treat my USB DVD drive as a device, since that's what Handbrake seems to demand. But /dev/sr0 doesn't work, nor does /dev/usb. How can I get around this problem?...
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How do I copy a movie DVD to my Linux box?
How can I copy a movie from a DVD to my Linux box? I believe that the program k9copy used to do this, but k9copy is long defunct. I'm running Kubuntu 21.10. (I realize that the answer can be very ...
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Cannot mount new dvd, old dvd's work
I can mount any (?) dvd that I have looked at before. If I buy an new DVD, and try to watch it, I cannot mount it. Sometimes ejecting the DVD and inserting it again 20 times or so helps. This is odd.
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How to share a CD-ROM drive over the network in Ubuntu 20.04?
I have 3 Computers and only one of them is old enough to have a CD/DVD-ROM drive. I would like to access the media from the other computers as well.
I have mounted it under /media in the computer ...
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No permission on dvdrw station, wrong mounting point? [closed]
tried burning an audio cd through a .cue file but no cigar. For some reason beyond my understanding the dvdrw is mounted at ~/mnt/dvdrw. Not knowing if that is the right place I found that I have no ...
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DeveDeNG crashes on Ubuntu 20.04
I'm trying to create an .iso image (for burning to a video DVD) on Ubuntu Focal from an .mp4 file. DeVeDeNG crashes without any message. I never had a problem with Ubuntu 18.04. Any ideas? ...
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Ubuntu21.10 won't read a DVD, not any dvd, just one. The same dvd works fine on my windows laptop
I'm currently checking out old DVD's containing familiy pictures, I wasn't having any issue until one of them, after being inserted in my laptop, simply didn't show up in the file manager.
I ran the ...
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Playing DVD movies on Ubuntu 21.10
I have installed Ubuntu version 21.10 on a friends 12-year-old Gateway laptop.
I tried playing a DVD movie with the Videos software included with Ubuntu, it opens the movie but then it just gives a ...
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Read DVD image with dd until empty
I want to compare the SHA hash of the .iso file that I burned to a DVD with the image of the DVD itself to see if they are identical if the burning was succesful. The problem is that they are not, not ...
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BluRay DVD won't play "Missing AACS configuration file" [duplicate]
I am running Ubuntu MATE and am trying to get a BluRay DVD to play. I have VLC installed and but when I try to open the DVD I get the error message
BluRay error. Missing AACS configuration file. Your ...
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I am unable to play a DVD
VERSION="20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
Dell Latitude
I can see files on the CD Drive
When I click videos the player opens and I see this error..
Unable to play the file
DVD source is required ...
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After installing dvd source for playing dvd's I got this!
I installed restricted extras, multiverse, other codecs over a week period periodically found out how to get libdvdcss2, and libdvdread4, both where not supplied by the terminal, bash or shell. ...
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DVD tray opens after suspend, at boot after recent kernel updates
The DVD tray opens and remains open after suspend, at boot.
20.04.3 LTS
currently the -86 kernel, problem began with -84
ASUS M4A88TD-M
I see this problem being discussed in other Linux versions but ...
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CD/DVD burner error "writing isn't supported"
ISSUE DESCRIPTION
I installed Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS yesterday. When I connected to the internet, Ubuntu showed a message with available updates, so I updated my software.
The problem is that I cannot get ...
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CD/DVD external drive not recognized by Ubuntu 20.04
My new computer came without a CD/DVD drive and I have tons of stuff backed up on CDs and DVDs. Besides, my wife still likes these out-of-favour kind of media to store family photos, etc. I then ...
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Why is my video fast forwarded after converting it from a DVD with VLC and how can I fix it?
I am trying to convert some series I have on DVD to a digital video file like MP4.
However the first few seconds after the MGM intro are sped forward. In fact, only the video is sped up. The audio is ...
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