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ratcheer

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Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 924

[Solved] Once again, vlc will not open audio cd

See my old topic: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=251893

I have a very similar problem, again. I am 100% certain that libcdio is installed, but vlc does not seem to see it. I get:

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'cdda:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.

When I go to Tools > Messages, it is empty and says there have been no errors.

Last edited by ratcheer (2025-09-09 15:26:25)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [Solved] Once again, vlc will not open audio cd

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … ugin-cddb/
The plugins were split into MAAAAAAANY, https://archlinux.org/packages/?q=vlc - you might need more (and notably https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … in-ffmpeg/ for most videos)

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ratcheer

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Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 924

Re: [Solved] Once again, vlc will not open audio cd

Thank you. I was afraid that was the case. I'll start digging through them.

ratcheer

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Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 924

Re: [Solved] Once again, vlc will not open audio cd

Ok, I added the vlc plugins for cddb, gstreamer, and udev. I don't know which one fixed it, but it is working, now.