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VLC can't read DVDs even after I installed things to read them

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Moment ago and I got this from VLC media player

Playback failure:

DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".

Your input can't be opened:

VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.

I typed this command to enable DVD playback, It worked on my desktop with Ubuntu 13.10

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder libdvdread4 totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 mpg321 && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

I am using Ubuntu 13.10 32-bit. Thanks

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answered 3 Years ago eighethod · Accepted Answer

Had the same thing with my rarely used dvd drive today. Apparently the symlink to the block device was missing. After inspecting dmesg I found it is sr0 in my case.

So:

sudo ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd

fixed it for me.

PS: Try man dmesg, man sudo, man ln, if you do not understand this. The first few years of linux is all about reading man pages, I'm afraid.