DVD Movies won't play zorin 9 ultimate

I'm using a version of Zorin 9 i paid for. it is fully loaded sweet .. so far i've tried to burn cds and dvds... that works fine

i did a sudo lshw -C disk

*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: CDDVDW TS-L633Y
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: TF20
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
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when i put a blank disc in and do it says busy and then ready all good..... can read discs with data on it .... i can burn and see it on other pcs ...

when i put a Movie DVD in says busy then says status=nodisc



also when i put a DVD in and try
zrampage@zrampage-pc:~$ sudo regionset
regionset version 0.1 -- reads/sets region code on DVD drives
ERROR: Could not open disc "(null)"!
Please ensure there is a readable CD or DVD in the drive.


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seems like it has no idea what a DVD movie is... movie plays just fine on my other computer and dvd player

also tried a SMplayer click open disc ... no luck .... tried VLC

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've gotten every update.. newest stuff ... this is driving me nuts .. lots of people tell me i need livdvdcss2 ... so i followed some directions libdvdcss2 (1.2.13-0) is there as far as i can tell... does zorin not like dvds?

Hi and welcome,

make sure that you have this package installed, open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) and paste the command:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libavformat-extra-53

and:

Code:

sudo apt-get install mencoder

Also, run the following command to update and make sure your "Software Sources Settings" are set to "Main":

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -f

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Let us know if this helps.

zrampage@zrampage-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install libavformat-extra-53
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libavformat-extra-53 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'libavformat-extra-53' has no installation candidate

zrampage@zrampage-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install mencoder
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mencoder is already the newest version.
mencoder set to manually installed.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.13.0-32 linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic
localechooser-data
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


did the other one too... i'll try restarting because no change

Hi,

just in case you haven't already done it, install the following package:

Code:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

You can also try "Mplayer 2" if not installed:

Code:

sudo apt-get install mplayer2

Do you have a DVD drive cleaner disk?.

zrampage@zrampage-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
[sudo] password for zrampage:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ubuntu-restricted-extras is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.13.0-32 linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic
localechooser-data
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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a few other things i've tried. been researching like crazy and found suggestions that told me to try the following codes.. i think one of the things may have messed something up and it's annoying

1) sudo sh /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
2) sudo mkdir -v /media/cdrom
3)sudo mkdir -v /media/cdrom0 ; sudo mkdir -v /media/cdrom1
4)sudo mount -a
5)sudo apt-get install regionset

now when i put a disc in it shows the cdrom but in the attachment this is what it keeps saying mount: /dev/sr0: can't read superblock

Hi,

you do not need to use "set region" software in Linux, remove it and see what happens as that is what is most likely causing the block!.

Code:

sudo apt-get remove regionset

Hi,

try installing this if not already installed:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4

This also talks about using regionset with troubleshooting guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Restr ... layingDVDs

zrampage@zrampage-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libdvdread4 is already the newest version.

i may have to give up for tonight... time for bed. i'm beginning to think it's hardware. this is ultimate edition of zorin 9 it's very full featured. it's too crazy to think that it doesn't have something to play dvds out of the box. it's driving me crazy and i'm starting to worry i'm going to do to many terminal commands and screw everything up..

i'll have to take apart my other laptop and steal it's dvd drive or possibly get an external. my next path is eleminate hardware i guess.. just too crazy making my head hurt

One last thing, run the following command, as I forgot to tell you about it earlier:

Code:

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

RESTART YOUR SYSTEM!.