I followed all the instructions, but Mplayer/vlc don't recognize an encypted DVD.
I installed all required packages, e.g. libdvdread4,libdvdcss2,non-free-codecs,w32codecs,etc,etc
I checked with "regionset" that my DVD player is set for Region 1.
My DVD player reads data CDs, data DVDs and non-encrypted movie DVDs with no trouble.
I'm running Natty 11.04 on a Dell Inspiron 530, purchased in 2008.
The same problem with old DVDs and newer ones, commercial ones and ones that I got from Costco (transfer of old super-8 home movies).
When I try to play one of these disks and select "no DVD menus", VLC complains
Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/sr0".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.
I had exactly the same problem with Maverick and Lucid. I hoped upgrading would help.
If it is any use, here is the output of 'lshw -c disk' (with an encrypted DVD in the drive)
Code:
*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: DVD+-RW GSA-H73N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: B103
serial: [
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
Been at this for many days now, and am out of ideas.
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