VLC won't play DVDs even after installing libdvdcss

[Kyle Breneman]

I'm running Qubes 3.2 and Fedora 26.  I've installed VLC Media Player as well as libdvdcss, but I still cannot get commercial DVDs to play on my laptop.  How do I make sure that libdvdcss is actually installed and running?  Here's what I see when trying to play a DVD from the command line:

[user@sys-firewall ~]$ vlc /dev/xvdi
VLC media player 3.0.0-git Vetinari (revision 2.2.0-git-13163-g351b63f476)
[0000650ad9ecf1a0] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 5.0.3
libdvdnav: DVD Title: VEGGIES_IN_SPACE
libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 439ea6ba
libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative):
libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00fe0000. Regions: 1

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 0x0000013a
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00000174
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB (0x00000174)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0001f452
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB (0x0001f452)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x001519ef
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x001519f3
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB at 0x001572cd
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x001572d1
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_0.VOB at 0x0015735b
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x0015735f
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_0.VOB at 0x0019d0b1
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x0019d0b5
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_0.VOB at 0x0019d11b
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x0019d11f
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 6 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 3
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv

[799]

Hello,

Kyle Breneman <tomeco...@gmail.com> schrieb am Di., 20. März 2018, 19:58:

I'm running Qubes 3.2 and Fedora 26.  I've installed VLC Media Player as well as libdvdcss, but I still cannot get commercial DVDs to play on my laptop.  

It seems you're trying to play DVDs from your sys-firewall VM, why?

I have created a multimedia AppVM based on Debian and I was able to play DVDs.

Maybe you take a look at the how-to, which I put together trying to get multimedia working.

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/multimedia/

If you run into any problems, do not hesitate to contact me, so that we can improve the documentation.

[799]

[Unman]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 02:58:15PM -0400, Kyle Breneman wrote:
> I'm running Qubes 3.2 and Fedora 26. I've installed VLC Media Player as

> well as libdvdcss, but I still *cannot* get commercial DVDs to play on my

Hmm, why is vlc looking for a bluray index?
Is this a standard DVD?

[Kyle Breneman]

>Hmm, why is vlc looking for a bluray index?
>Is this a standard DVD?

Yes, this is a standard DVD, definitely not a BluRay disc.  I've tried it with several DVDs and gotten the same result.

[Kyle Breneman]

I'm running Qubes 3.2 and Fedora 26.  I've installed VLC Media Player as well as libdvdcss, but I still cannot get commercial DVDs to play on my laptop.  

>It seems you're trying to play DVDs from your sys-firewall VM, why?

>I have created a multimedia AppVM based on Debian and I was able to play DVDs.

>Maybe you take a look at the how-to, which I put together trying to get multimedia working.

>https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/multimedia/

>If you run into any problems, do not hesitate to contact me, so that we can improve the documentation.

I didn't realize that I was using the sys-firewall terminal.  That happens to be color-coded the same as my personal VM in the VM Manager, so I guess I picked the wrong one.  Happens the same way in the other VM though.  Thanks for pointing me to that documentation!  I'll try it out this weekend and let you know how it goes.