Let me know if it worked for you or if you still can’t read DVD in Ubuntu. I hope that after completing all these steps, you would be able to play DVD in Ubuntu as well as in Linux Mint. You can follow the instructions given here to set the region code. If the DVD play back does not work, try to set your region code. Use the following command in the terminal: sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 Once we have it, lets install libdvdread4 and libdvdnav4. Alternatively, you can use GDebi to install. Use the links bellow to install libdvdcss2:ĭouble click on the downloaded deb files to install it via Ubuntu Software Center. But since Medibuntu is no longer available, you will have to install this library from the VLC repository. It used to come by default with Medibuntu repository. Once you have it installed, install libdvdcss2. You can install VLC from Ubuntu Software Center or using the following command in terminal: sudo apt-get install vlc These are:įirst step (actually optional) is to get VLC media player. We need to install few codecs required specifically to play DVDs comfortably.
If the previous steps didn’t work for you, use the steps mentioned here. Basically, it does almost the same thing as the previous section, manually. This part of the article was written a few years ago when libdvd-pkg didn’t exist. Install it using this command: sudo apt install libdvdread7įor Ubuntu 22.04, use this package: sudo apt install libdvdread8 Alternate Method: Play DVD in Ubuntu (only use if you are using Ubuntu 14.04) Ubuntu 20.04 has libdvdread package available as libdvdread7. Troubleshoot: “libdvdread not available” error in Ubuntu 20.04 Once the process completes, reboot your system and plugin your DVD and you should find DVD playing in your Ubuntu system. In the process, you’ll be asked whether you want automatic updates for libdvdcss2. This will download the libdvdcss2 library from VLC repository. Apart from playing most video files, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols, the free VLC Media Player has the ability to record anything it can play. Once the libdvd-package installation finishes, use the command below to configure libdvd-package: sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg It will notify that you need to configure the package using dpkg so that it installs the required dependencies.ĭon’t worry, it’s a simple step. Open a terminal and run the following command: sudo apt install libdvd-pkg Please make sure to enable it using this command: sudo add-apt-repository multiverse This libdvd-pkg is available in the multiverse repository of Ubuntu. What we need to do here is to install the libdvd package that downloads and installs the required dependencies. Though I am focusing on Ubuntu here, these methods should also work on Linux Mint and other Ubuntu based distributions. In this quick tip, I’ll show you how to fix the issues with playing DVDs or even encrypted DVDs in Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 and 18.04. You are not the only one who cannot play DVD in Ubuntu. I've been having the same problem lately, but that didn't work for me.Even after you installed all the codecs from the Ubuntu Restricted Extra package? Welcome to the club.
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This is what resolved the issue: Having inserted my DVD Video disk into my DVD drive, I simply right-clicked it in Explorer (“DVD RW Drive (F:) DVD_VR”), clicked "Open AutoPlay" in the context menu that popped up, selected "Play DVD Movie – VideoLAN VLC media player" from the options in the window that opened … and that did it!ĭVD Videos and DVD Movies now open automatically when I insert the DVD discs. In the end, it turned out that I was trying to complicate things when the answer was actually quite simple. as well as probably trying other solutions that I’ve now forgotten
and even systematically going through most of the troubleshooting steps in ĥ. when 2.) didn’t work, trying the same in Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > AutoplayĤ. checked that VLC Player was selected for video player in Windows Settings > Apps > Default Appsģ. checked that Autoplay was turned on in Windows Settings > Devices > AutoplayĢ. I was having a bitch of a problem on my Windows 10 device when, upon inserting DVD Movies and DVD Videos into my DVD drive, nothing would happen except the wretched Microsoft Store popping up. I think I’ve found the solution to this problem.