Won't play encrypted DVD / libdvdcss2 is installed

[pepper]

I'm using Mint 7 x64 on a brandnew notebook Asus X5DIJ-SX018L. One of the issues with that combination is, that it only plays non-encypted DVDs, but not encrypted DVDs. Totem Video-Player 2.26.1 says that the source seems to b e encrypted and it looked as if I tried to play an encrypted DVD whithout libdvdcss. But libdvdcss2 v 1.2.10-0.2 is installed! Synaptic reports no conflicts, the required libc6 is here too. The builtin drive is a Matshita DVD-RAM UJ880AS.

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~ $ mplayer dvd://
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU       T4200  @ 2.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 23, Stepping: 10)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing dvd://.
There are 6 titles on this DVD.
There are 13 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
libdvdread: Invalid title IFO (VTS_01_0.IFO).
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (5.1) language: de aid: 128.
audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (5.1) language: en aid: 129.
number of audio channels on disk: 2.
subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: de
subtitle ( sid ): 1 language: de
number of subtitles on disk: 2
MPEG-PS file format detected.

or with an other DVD:

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~ $ mplayer dvd://
bash: /home/who: is a directory
~ $ MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
~ $ CPU: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU       T4200  @ 2.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 23, Stepping: 10)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
~ $ CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
bash: CPUflags:: command not found
~ $ Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
bash: Compiled: command not found
~ $ mplayer: could not connect to socket
bash: mplayer:: command not found
~ $ mplayer: No such file or directory
bash: mplayer:: command not found
~ $ Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
bash: Failed: command not found
~ $ 
~ $ Playing dvd://.
bash: Playing: command not found
~ $ There are 6 titles on this DVD.
bash: There: command not found
~ $ There are 13 chapters in this DVD title.
bash: There: command not found
~ $ There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
bash: There: command not found
~ $ libdvdread: Invalid title IFO (VTS_01_0.IFO).
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
~ $ audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (5.1) language: de aid: 128.
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
~ $ audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (5.1) language: en aid: 129.
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
~ $ number of audio channels on disk: 2.
Die Anwendung »number« ist momentan nicht installiert.  Um sie zu installieren, können Sie Folgendes eingeben:
sudo apt-get install bsdgames
bash: number: command not found
~ $ subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: de
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `sid'
~ $ subtitle ( sid ): 1 language: de
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `sid'
~ $ number of subtitles on disk: 2
Die Anwendung »number« ist momentan nicht installiert.  Um sie zu installieren, können Sie Folgendes eingeben:
sudo apt-get install bsdgames
bash: number: command not found
~ $ MPEG-PS file format detected.

Why does the system not use libdvdcss? Please tell me which information I shoud provide and how I can retrieve it.

[DrHu]

But libdvdcss2 v 1.2.10-0.2 is installed! Synaptic reports no conflicts, the required libc6 is here too. Why does the system not use libdvdcss? Please tell me which information I shoud provide and how I can retrieve it

But libdvdcss2 v 1.2.10-0.2 is installed!
Don't have the same DVD drive, but I have no issues in playing dvd movies (bought from stores)
I think it does in the install; however, if it is missing, installing one of the media players like VLC will enable it..
--OK, maybe I was incorrect about during install, I use VLC as a movie player..

• apt show libdvdcss2
  Package: libdvdcss2
  State: installed
  Automatically installed: no
  Version: 1.2.10-0.2medibuntu1

In terminal, check

• apt search dvdcss
  v libdvdcss -
  p libdvdcss-dev - Simple foundation for reading DVDs - devel
  i libdvdcss2 - Simple foundation for reading DVDs - runti

Maybe the drive doesn't work at all..
I usually use LG/Hitachi or Plextor CD, DVD drives..
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-7743 ... iver#p8564
http://www.digital-inn.de/exact-audio-c ... 20s-2.html

http://www.bioticaindia.com/uj880as.html
http://ar-domena.com.pl/uj880as/
--not much info, other than it works with some Linux

This might help..check
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-687339.html
--possible region code setting, though if sold in the country purchased in, should not be an issue

[lagagnon]

Are you sure that DVD you are trying to play is valid, because this error:

libdvdread: Invalid title IFO (VTS_01_0.IFO).

seems to say it is not.

[DrHu]

You can also get more device information by installing sdparm
In terminal, check

• apt search sdparm
  i sdparm - Output and modify SCSI device parameters

• sdparm /dev/cdrom
  /dev/cdrom: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B A102 [cd/dvd]
  Read write error recovery mode page:
  AWRE 1 [cha: y, def: 1, sav: 1]
  ARRE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0]
  PER 0 [cha: y, def: 0, sav: 0]
  ...

And I don't want to look up all the status replies from the device..

[pepper]

Thank you folks for your advice. In the meantime I've read on. In the end I did what I intended to avoid: I set the regioncode of the drive using 'regionset'. Now the machine plays encrypted DVDs too. Seems to be a special feature of some Matshita drives, that they themselves check the regioncode. As my drive hadn't set a code, there were a mismatch to the code of the DVD. So the problem is all in the drive and your OS and system won't change a thing, or so I understnd the case. So beware of Matshita drives.