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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Unknown1234_5@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago

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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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)

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