Thank. It seems that /dev/dvd is erased at each boot. By the way, it does not change anything. It seems that there is a decoder issue. vlc says: VLC media player 3.0.0-git Vetinari (revision 2.2.0-git-9451-g55835f1) [pdupre@Sappho ~]$ [0000559de45d6108] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3 libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. libdvdnav: DVD Title: Roublev libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 3f438aa6 libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fd0000. Regions: 2 libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using 'fr' instead libdvdnav: Menu Languages available: fr [00007f52f4183448] core decoder error: buffer deadlock prevented [00007f52f41b1e68] core decoder error: buffer deadlock prevented libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using 'fr' instead ------------------------------ gnome-player gives: GMLIB-Message: after init: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri= (gnome-mplayer:4530): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_str_has_prefix: assertion 'str != NULL' failed (gnome-mplayer:4530): Gtk-WARNING **: Allocating size to GtkAlignment 0x200b580 without calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width/height(). How does the code know the size to allocate? -------------------------------- totem gives: ibdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/sr0 mounted on /run/media/pdupre/ROUBLEV for CSS authentication libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3 libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. libdvdread: Attempting to use device /dev/sr0 mounted on /run/media/pdupre/ROUBLEV for CSS authentication libdvdnav: Can't read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device. libdvdnav: vm: dvd_read_name failed libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fd0000. Regions: 2 libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using 'fr' instead libdvdnav: Menu Languages available: fr libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using 'fr' instead libdvdnav: Menu Languages available: fr libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using 'fr' instead libdvdnav: Menu Languages available: fr libdvdnav: Language 'en' not found, using 'fr' instead libdvdnav: Menu Languages available: fr ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|DVD subpicture decoder|decoder-subpicture/x-dvd (DVD subpicture decoder) ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|DVD subpicture decoder|decoder-subpicture/x-dvd (DVD subpicture decoder) (totem:4880): Gtk-WARNING **: Drawing a gadget with negative dimensions. Did you forget to allocate a size? (node slider owner GtkScale) =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre@xxxxxxx Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France =========================================================================== > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 at 2:05 AM > From: "Kevin Cummings" <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: DVD > > On 12/31/16 15:38, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I cannot rad DVD on my laptop;* > > Here are the sort of mesages that get: > > > > Gnome MPlayer Error: couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No suchfile or directory) > > DVD subpicture decoder, DVD subpicture decoder are required to play the file, but are not installed > > FAILED - Could not access dvdcdrom: /dev/dvd > > gxine: > > Either create a symbolic link /dev/dvd pointing to your cdrom device or set cdrom device in the preferences dialog > > If you are using the ise-cd module ensure that you have the following entry in /etc/modules: > > options ide-cd dma=1 > > Reload ide-cd module. > > Otherwise run hdparm -d 1 on your dvd-device > > > > > > /dev/sr0 on /run/media/pdupre/ROUBLEV type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,uhelper=udisks2) > > Do you have a /dev/dvd device in your /dev directory? And if so, is it > a symlink to /dev/sr0 (or just sr0)? If you have no /dev/dvd, can you > create one: ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd > > One of my computers has a /dev/cdrom which is a symlink to /dev/sr0, but > none of my computers seem to have a /dev/dvd at all. > > > The only thing that I can do is to view the file: > > /run/media/pdupre/ROUBLEV/VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB > > > > WHich shouldme access to the rest of the DVD, but then I get an error message: > > cannot find ....... > > Can you override the /dev/dvd device in whatever software you are trying > to use to instead use /dev/sr0? > > > Any idea? > > > > Thank. > > > > =========================================================================== > > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre@xxxxxxx > > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > > Tel. 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