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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: [SOLVED] VLC Will Not Play Copy-Protected DVDs

Your problem was/is  twofold.  First, was the /dev/dvd -> /dev/sr0 change.   The second problem is with DeCSS -- you cannot obtain the cryptography keys.   Any chance you are using a Sony laptop?
As I said, I am not going to offer any help with DeCSS directly, but do see their documentation.

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zaza224

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Registered: 2013-07-28

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED] VLC Will Not Play Copy-Protected DVDs

Any chance you are using a Sony laptop?

No, I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad T430s.

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zaza224

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Registered: 2013-07-28

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Re: [SOLVED] VLC Will Not Play Copy-Protected DVDs

It just crossed my mind that this may be a 64 bit compatibility issue. Is there by any chance a 64 bit version or plugin for libdvdcss?

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED] VLC Will Not Play Copy-Protected DVDs

What is the output of pacman -Qi libdvdcss
??  It should be a x86_64 package.  It is on my system,

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WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

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Re: [SOLVED] VLC Will Not Play Copy-Protected DVDs

There is indeed an x86_64 libdvdcss package. So it shouldn't be a 64bit compatibility problem...

 $ pacman -Qi libdvdcss 
Name           : libdvdcss
Version        : 1.2.13-1
Description    : A portable abstraction library for DVD decryption
Architecture   : x86_64
URL            : http://www.videolan.org/libdvdcss
Licenses       : GPL
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : glibc
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Optional For   : dvdbackup  libdvdread  vlc
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 120.00 KiB
Packager       : Stéphane Gaudreault <stephane@archlinux.org>
Build Date     : Mon 11 Mar 2013 01:09:44 PM PDT
Install Date   : Thu 14 Mar 2013 08:21:43 PM PDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By   : Unknown

zaza224

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Registered: 2013-07-28

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED] VLC Will Not Play Copy-Protected DVDs

What is the output of pacman -Qi libdvdcss
??  It should be a x86_64 package.  It is on my system.

Name           : libdvdcss
Version        : 1.2.13-1
Description    : A portable abstraction library for DVD decryption
Architecture   : x86_64
URL            : http://www.videolan.org/libdvdcss
Licenses       : GPL
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : glibc
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Optional For   : libdvdread  vlc
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 120.00 KiB
Packager       : Stéphane Gaudreault <stephane@archlinux.org>
Build Date     : Mon 11 Mar 2013 01:09:44 PM PDT
Install Date   : Sun 28 Jul 2013 04:05:13 PM PDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By   : Signature 

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: [SOLVED] VLC Will Not Play Copy-Protected DVDs

zaza224, did you receive my email?

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zaza224

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Registered: 2013-07-28

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED] VLC Will Not Play Copy-Protected DVDs

zaza224, did you receive my email?

Yes, however I'm not sure how to edit what you asked me to. I'm still new to editing config files and whatnot.

Update: I've tried both methods mentioned in your email and still get the same result.

Update 2: For some reason, when using Linux Mint (unfortunately), I could get regionset working and thus VLC now plays DVD's on any Linux distro. I'm now happily using my Arch box to watch Seinfeld . Thank you for all of your help!

Last edited by zaza224 (2014-05-13 04:48:22)

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