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There is an issue with reading DVDs in Xubuntu. I am running Xubuntu Linux 22.04 on a 2010 MacBook Pro. I am trying to play a regular DVD with encrypted copyright protection (not Blu Ray). Whenever I try to read DVDs on Parole Media Player, an error message appears that states "Gstreamer backend error: Could not open CD device for reading". I have researched solutions, and I've installed Ubuntu Restricted drivers and libdvdcss, however to no avail. VLC doesn't seem to do any better as well. Is there a different approach I can take to solve this issue? I've tried using SMPlayer, VLC, and Kaffine and I'm at a roadblock trying to solve this issue.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cranberry
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have you tried to install libdvd-pkg ?

sudo apt install libdvd-pkg

After that you'll need to configure :

sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg

source :

https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/video-dvd-restricted.html.en

Gilles Gaido
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  • Thank you for your reply. When I ran those commands, the terminal said I already had that package installed, and it has already been configured. – Cranberry Jul 16 '23 at 23:53
  • I'm sorry. Just now I found another help page : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs : have you tried these hints ? This thread also seems interesting : https://askubuntu.com/a/1102082/1024363 ( apt-cache search libdvdcss or sudo apt search libdvdcss to identify some missing packages ?) – Gilles Gaido Jul 17 '23 at 20:45
  • Sadly, those methods haven't worked either. – Cranberry Jul 18 '23 at 01:37