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DVDs won't play video (self.linux)

submitted 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by Unknown1234_5 to c/[email protected]

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I'm trying to watch some DVDs on my laptop (tuxedo os w/ external optical drive) but VLC won't play the video, only the audio. It played the menu once but I couldn't replicate it. Pretty sure i've downloaded all of the necessary codecs. Y'all have any idea how to fix it?

Edit: just switched to the flatpak (system had the Ubuntu package by default) and it works but the options to use VLC directly from the devices menu in the system tray are now gone.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Try toggling hardware acceleration in VLC settings. Had something similar with an older video.

[–] Unknown1234_5 1 points 11 hours ago

Tried that, didn't help on my system. I switched to the flatpak version just now but the integration the preinstalled version had (option in devices thing to run with VLC).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Did you install the libdvdcss package? It's needed to crack the encryption and may not be installed by default due to legal issues.

[–] Unknown1234_5 1 points 11 hours ago

I did, it didn't help. I switched to the flatpak version just now but the integration the preinstalled version had (option in devices thing to run with VLC)

[–] daggermoon 2 points 11 hours ago

Huh, I'm currently having the same issue with a few DVD .iso rips. Just audio plays, no video. I might have to try the flatpak.