old-er hardware vs. modern 2023-2024 commercial DVD movies
by SaintDanBert from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6P62N)
Q1. How do I play modern DVD movies on my old-er laptop hardware?
My laptop DVD-RW drive does what you would expect with blank media.
Also, I can watch 20+ year old movies with little trouble. My trouble started when I tried to watch a commercial DVD of recent vintage. {blushin} "Game of Thrones --Season One"
My Linux kit has the following packages installed along with
all of the codecs I thought useful.
When I insert GOT's DVD, I get the same "What to Do" but then the players don't seem to find the content. Open -> Disk offers both /dev/cdrom and /dev/sr0. I see the files mounted at
/media/username/Some-Media-Title. Even if I browse the folders with the player I cannot make content appear.
I have this trouble for both the laptop "internal" SATA DVD as well as an "external" usb connected DVD.
Code:System Reports GUI
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-113-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4294CTO v: ThinkPad X220 Tablet
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 4294CTO serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 8DET70WW (1.40 )
date: 05/14/2015
...
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-113-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
...
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0126 class-ID: 0300
...
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 125 size: 277x156mm (10.9x6.1")
diag: 318mm (12.5") modes: 1366x768
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
direct render: Yes
...Thank you in Advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan
My laptop DVD-RW drive does what you would expect with blank media.
Also, I can watch 20+ year old movies with little trouble. My trouble started when I tried to watch a commercial DVD of recent vintage. {blushin} "Game of Thrones --Season One"
My Linux kit has the following packages installed along with
all of the codecs I thought useful.
- Brasero
- Celluloid
- VCL
- MPlayer
- SMPlayer
- Media Player
When I insert GOT's DVD, I get the same "What to Do" but then the players don't seem to find the content. Open -> Disk offers both /dev/cdrom and /dev/sr0. I see the files mounted at
/media/username/Some-Media-Title. Even if I browse the folders with the player I cannot make content appear.
I have this trouble for both the laptop "internal" SATA DVD as well as an "external" usb connected DVD.
Code:System Reports GUI
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-113-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4294CTO v: ThinkPad X220 Tablet
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 4294CTO serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 8DET70WW (1.40 )
date: 05/14/2015
...
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-113-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
...
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0126 class-ID: 0300
...
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 125 size: 277x156mm (10.9x6.1")
diag: 318mm (12.5") modes: 1366x768
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
direct render: Yes
...Thank you in Advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan