Ubuntu
libdvdread package

  1. Bug #16722
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 16722

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minty (murray-minty) wrote : Re: Something needs to set the region code on new DVD drives

I encountered this problem with a Apple Mac Mini running 7.04 Feisty.

I had never inserted a DVD under OSX, then wiped the entire disk and installed Ubuntu. The region code was never set on the drive, and any attempt to play a dvd caused the application to silently bail out with no errors.

I believe the relevant error from VLC is:

Error cracking CSS key for .....

If you try mounting the disk and issuing "cp -ra" you get errors like:

  cp: reading `/media/cdrom0/video_ts/video_ts.vob': Input/output error

regionset is able to tell that there is no region set, thus I conclude there ought to be a hook that spots this and asks you to set it.