Whats wrong with VLC and Movie Player on Linus Debian, cannot play back many DVDs.
I have tried Debian 8.0 minimal operating system install and 8.1 entire operating system package install yet cannot get the VLC player or others to play back certain DVDs. I have legal store bought retail DVD movies and TV series yet most will not play back on VLC or other players in the Debian operating system. Strange thing about this is that I also have the AV Linux operating system on the same computer yet the VLC player and other DVD player will play any DVDs I insert for playback viewing. AV Linux uses primarily Deb packages, so why does everything work on one yet not the other?
Through the Debian operating system I have been able to play back any Mill Creek DVDs of old TV series such as "Bewitched" or "That 70's Show" along with a few other older DVD movies. Newer movies or DVDs will not play back on Debian yet do work on AV Linux. Some will not start at all yet one in particular the latest TV Series Seasons 1 and 2 of "DaVinci's Demons" will start the Anchor Bay display and the Copyright warning and then stop at the end of those two clips. I can only conclude this have something to do with codecs. This is not a problem with AV Linux running the same application VLC player, or even Windows XP running VLC where any DVDs will playback okay.
Through the Debian operating system I have been able to play back any Mill Creek DVDs of old TV series such as "Bewitched" or "That 70's Show" along with a few other older DVD movies. Newer movies or DVDs will not play back on Debian yet do work on AV Linux. Some will not start at all yet one in particular the latest TV Series Seasons 1 and 2 of "DaVinci's Demons" will start the Anchor Bay display and the Copyright warning and then stop at the end of those two clips. I can only conclude this have something to do with codecs. This is not a problem with AV Linux running the same application VLC player, or even Windows XP running VLC where any DVDs will playback okay.
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Debian doesn't include non-free multimedia codecs installed by default, you'll have to install those manually after adding the Debian non-free repositories.
Then add the following at the bottom:
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Then press Ctrl+O > Enter to write it out, then Ctrl+X > Enter to exit the nano editor.
After that, enter the following:
That should do it.
su
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.listThen add the following at the bottom:
deb http:`//httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main
deb-src http:`//'httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main(Remove the tics (`) before saving)
Then press Ctrl+O > Enter to write it out, then Ctrl+X > Enter to exit the nano editor.
After that, enter the following:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdvdcssThat should do it.
Do you have libdvdcss installed?