libdvdcss question

[QDR06VV9]

Runrickus:
Yes I see that, thank you for your help, as well as well as this new link. I will keep trying.
If and when I find a solution to my problem, should I post it here for others who are in the same boat as me and need the same assistance?

If anything you did different from that link I would say Yes then post it here.
Keep us posted though and Good Luck.

[Bashing-om]

@runrickus; ole buddy .

To aid my thought process for 16.04 is the file " /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh " no longer generated ?
Does it exist on your 16.04 install ?

amazing how quick

we can get out-of-date

[QDR06VV9]

@runrickus; ole buddy .

To aid my thought process for 16.04 is the file " /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh " no longer generated ?
Does it exist on your 16.04 install ?

amazing how quick

we can get out-of-date

It was not for me during the Dev Cycle and just got carried over when I changed to Yakkety.
But from the Wiki Page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...ts/PlayingDVDs

Ubuntu 15.10 and newer
From Ubuntu 15.10 onwards, libdvd-pkg is available to ease the installation of libdvdcss.
Install the libdvd-pkg package (no need to add third party repositories) via Synaptic or command line:

sudo apt-get install libdvd-pkg

1.Follow libdvd-pkg's instructions to let it download, compile, and install libdvdcss.

But it has tripped a few users up.

[mc4man]

@runrickus; ole buddy .

To aid my thought process for 16.04 is the file " /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh " no longer generated ?
Does it exist on your 16.04 install ?

amazing how quick

we can get out-of-date

No, it is no longer part of libdvdread, users should use libdvd-pkg & the run the command as mentioned after it is installed.

[chris331]

Ok, runrickus and bash-om, thank you both for your help.

Runrickus, I followed the link, and still cannot run movies from the dvd player.
I did, however, get some code out of the deal that maybe you can use to help me??
First I removed and reinstalled libdvd-pkg:

aandk@aandk-Aspire-V3-731:~$ sudo apt-get remove libdvd-pkg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libdvd-pkg libdvdcss-dev libdvdcss2
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 165 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 385567 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libdvdcss-dev:amd64 (1.4.0-1~local) ...
Removing libdvdcss2:amd64 (1.4.0-1~local) ...
Removing libdvd-pkg (1.4.0-1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Here I am reinstalling:

aandk@aandk-Aspire-V3-731:~$ sudo apt-get install libdvd-pkg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdvd-pkg
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 14.9 kB of archives.
After this operation, 78.8 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 libdvd-pkg all 1.4.0-1-1 [14.9 kB]
Fetched 14.9 kB in 0s (55.6 kB/s)     
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package libdvd-pkg.
(Reading database ... 385522 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libdvd-pkg_1.4.0-1-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking libdvd-pkg (1.4.0-1-1) ...
Setting up libdvd-pkg (1.4.0-1-1) ...
libdvd-pkg: dpkg database is locked. You may need to use command "sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg".
libdvd-pkg: Building and installation of package(s) [libdvdcss2 libdvdcss-dev] postponed till after next APT operation.

and here I am using sudo dpkg-reconfigure to install the rest of the packages:

aandk@aandk-Aspire-V3-731:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
libdvd-pkg: Checking orig.tar integrity...
/usr/src/libdvd-pkg/libdvdcss_1.4.0.orig.tar.bz2: OK
libdvd-pkg: Unpacking and configuring...
libdvd-pkg: Building the package... (it may take a while)
libdvd-pkg: Build log will be saved to /usr/src/libdvd-pkg/libdvdcss2_1.4.0-1~local_amd64.build
Current: = cap_chown,cap_dac_override,cap_dac_read_search,cap_fowner,cap_fsetid,cap_kill,cap_setgid,cap_setuid,cap_setpcap,cap_linux_immutable,cap_net_bind_service,cap_net_broadcast,cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw,cap_ipc_lock,cap_ipc_owner,cap_sys_module,cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_chroot,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_sys_pacct,cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_boot,cap_sys_nice,cap_sys_resource,cap_sys_time,cap_sys_tty_config,cap_mknod,cap_lease,cap_audit_write,cap_audit_control,cap_setfcap,cap_mac_override,cap_mac_admin,cap_syslog,cap_wake_alarm,cap_block_suspend,37+ep
Bounding set =cap_chown,cap_dac_override,cap_fowner,cap_wake_alarm,cap_block_suspend,37
Securebits: 024/0x14/5'b10100
 secure-noroot: no (unlocked)
 secure-no-suid-fixup: yes (unlocked)
 secure-keep-caps: yes (unlocked)
uid=0(root)
gid=0(root)
groups=0(root)
libdvd-pkg: Installing...
Selecting previously unselected package libdvdcss-dev:amd64.
(Reading database ... 385552 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libdvdcss-dev_1.4.0-1~local_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libdvdcss-dev:amd64 (1.4.0-1~local) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libdvdcss2:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libdvdcss2_1.4.0-1~local_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libdvdcss2:amd64 (1.4.0-1~local) ...
Setting up libdvdcss2:amd64 (1.4.0-1~local) ...
Setting up libdvdcss-dev:amd64 (1.4.0-1~local) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Success --

Now I am running Vlc at command-line level to show you what happens when I try to run a movie from the dvd player:

aandk@aandk-Aspire-V3-731:~$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
[000000000120c148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3
libdvdnav: DVD Title: HERO
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 31528311
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): 
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00f60000. Regions: 1 4


libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient


libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000137
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0000028a
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB (0x0000028a)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 3
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x002d1a7a
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB (0x002d1a7a)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x002d282b
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x00337666
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB (0x00337666)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_0.VOB at 0x003b192f
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x003b92bc
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB (0x003b92bc)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 5 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 3
[00007f42fc0009b8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[00007f42fc0009b8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[00007f42fc0009b8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[00007f42fc0009b8] core input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called

Does this last bit of code with the errors tell you guys anything? What should I do?

[Bashing-om]

et al:

Think'n ^^ suitably reset ..

thanks to all

[mc4man]

Hi all, thank you for welcoming me into the Ubuntu community! As a new member, I must say that I really do enjoy this OS =)

I am having difficulty using libdvdcss to watch Dvds on my Acer laptop.

Maybe post some info on your drive -
Insert a dvd, let drive settle, close any pop up.
Then run this, copy & post the complete section of *-cdrom

sudo lshw -c disk

[chris331]

Hi mc4man,
Ok, I inserted a movie dvd, got no pop-ups, waited,
ran this:

aandk@aandk-Aspire-V3-731:~$ sudo lshw -c disk
[sudo] password for aandk: (entered)

and got this from the section of *-cdrom:

*-cdrom
       description: DVD-RAM writer
       product: DVD-RAM UJ8C0
       vendor: MATSHITA
       physical id: 0.1.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom
       logical name: /dev/cdrw
       logical name: /dev/dvd
       logical name: /dev/dvdrw
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       logical name: /media/aandk/HERO
       version: 1.00
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
       configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=udf mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8 state=mounted status=ready

Maybe post some info on your drive -
Insert a dvd, let drive settle, close any pop up.
Then run this, copy & post the complete section of *-cdrom

sudo lshw -c disk

[mc4man]

A matshita dvd drive must have a region set & will only play dvd's from the set region. There is no workaround to that.
So 1st. ck. if a region is set -
Install regionset

sudo apt install regionset

After it's installed, with any disk in the drive (current dvd will suffice) run this command. For the moment answer no (n), then post the complete result along with what country you live in.

regionset

[chris331]

A matshita dvd drive must have a region set & will only play dvd's from the set region. There is no workaround to that.
So 1st. ck. if a region is set -
Install regionset

sudo apt install regionset

After it's installed, with any disk in the drive (current dvd will suffice) run this command. For the moment answer no (n), then post the complete result along with what country you live in.

regionset

You sir, are pure genius! Thank yous to all 3 of you for getting my OS to play dvds! I've been working on this for 2 days and it finally works!
Cheers!!!

=)