Cannot play DVDs on Ubuntu 14.04
I've got libdvdcss2 installed but still no joy. Tried VLC, mplayer and the default players and all give me errors. Regionset does not even see the DVD.
vlc /dev/sr0:
VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)
[0x862118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.1
libdvdnav: DVD Title: NAUSICAA
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 43053257___MVB__
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative):
libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/alex/.dvdnav/NAUSICAA.map'
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fd0000. Regions: 2
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 0x00000153
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x000001ba
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0000c924
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x0000d2a0
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x0000d2ed
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB at 0x0000eea8
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x0000eef5
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_0.VOB at 0x0000fb30
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x0000fb7d
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_0.VOB at 0x00017aba
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x00017b07
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_0.VOB at 0x0035ebfb
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x0035ec48
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.VOB at 0x0037dd38
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB at 0x0037dd85
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_0.VOB at 0x003df255
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB at 0x003df2a2
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 8 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 2
[0x7f8c140009b8] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[0x7f8c140009b8] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[0x7f8c140009b8] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
[0x7f8c140009b8] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
VLC is able to ignore the region value with most drives. However, it must be set to something:
sudo apt-get install regionset
Place the DVD in your drive and in your case, run:
regionset /dev/sr0
Then set the Region from 1 to 8: See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries