Difference between revisions of "Vlc"
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DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd". | DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd". | ||
| − | === Solution === | + | === Solution 1 === |
Do the following as root | Do the following as root | ||
chmod 777 /dev/dvd /dev/sr0 | chmod 777 /dev/dvd /dev/sr0 | ||
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| + | === Solution 2 === | ||
| + | Add the user you want to play DVDs with to the group cdrom (yes, for /dev/dvd). To do this, edit /etc/group. The group name may differ, to find out the correct one do a | ||
| + | ll /dev/dvd | ||
| + | or | ||
| + | ll /dev/sr0 | ||
== Sound problems == | == Sound problems == | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 20 September 2011
VLC is a video player for Linux that plays "everything", including DVDs with menues.
Contents
Get it
SUSE Linux 11.4
- yast2 -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Add -> Community Repositories -> Packman Repositories
- open a console, issue
yast -i vlc
TroubleShooting
Can not open DVD
Symptom
If you get a message like
DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".
Solution 1
Do the following as root
chmod 777 /dev/dvd /dev/sr0
Solution 2
Add the user you want to play DVDs with to the group cdrom (yes, for /dev/dvd). To do this, edit /etc/group. The group name may differ, to find out the correct one do a
ll /dev/dvd
or
ll /dev/sr0
