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DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs (Settled)

Post by Mike123 »

So when I put in a DVD it samples but doesn't read it but will play a CD as it should.

The properties tab reports this info for the drive:
Name: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GT60N
Type: Unknown (application/octet-stream)

*******This might make a good read and help someone else out, I ended up swapping my drives out then everything worked as it should, the drives I took out went into other machines and worked fine there. I can only surmise that an update made this mess.
This happened on two Laptops about the same time.***********

Here is the other requested info:

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mike@mike-Inspiron-M5040:~$ inxi

CPU~Dual core AMD E-450 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) speed/max~828/1650 MHz Kernel~4.15.0-39-generic x86_64 Up~1 day Mem~2439.9/5563.8MB HDD~500.1GB(11.0% used) Procs~171 Client~Shell inxi~2.3.56  
mike@mike-Inspiron-M5040:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: mike-Inspiron-M5040 Kernel: 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: portable System: Dell product: Inspiron M5040 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Dell model: 0RXDMJ v: A06 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Dell v: A06 date: 12/15/2011
Battery    BAT0: charge: 48.6 Wh 283.0% condition: 17.2/48.6 Wh (35%)
           model: Sanyo DELL 4YRJH25 status: Full
           hidpp__0: charge: N/A condition: NA/NA Wh
           model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 status: Discharging
CPU:       Dual core AMD E-450 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) 
           arch: Bobcat rev.0 cache: 512 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 6586
           clock speeds: max: 1650 MHz 1: 828 MHz 2: 882 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6320]
           bus-ID: 00:01.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.01hz
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD PALM (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-39-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)
           version: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-39-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
           driver: ath9k bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (11.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD5000BPVT size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 458G used: 52G (12%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 62.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 171 Uptime: 1 day Memory: 2444.4/5563.8MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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Make sure you have the package mint-meta-codecs installed
Check with Synaptics Package Manager

It is also possible the drive itself is at fault.
Different laser pickups and circuitry are used for cd vs dvd.
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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Hi Mike123,

cd burner for mint 19 - Linux Mint Forums
viewtopic.php?f=90&t=279918&p=1542811#p1542811

Hope this helps ...
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

Post by Mike123 »

all41 wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:51 pm Make sure you have the package mint-meta-codecs installed
Check with Synaptics Package Manager

It is also possible the drive itself is at fault.
Different laser pickups and circuitry are used for cd vs dvd.
Thanks all41

I do have the codecs package and it appears to be the latest version (2018.06.08)

I have the same problem on two laptops, they worked fine with windows 7, the other is an Acer I just figured I'd work on one at a time and they would both need the same fix.
Mike123

Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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phd21 wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:34 pm Hi Mike123,

cd burner for mint 19 - Linux Mint Forums
viewtopic.php?f=90&t=279918&p=1542811#p1542811

Hope this helps ...
Thanks phd21, it's not that I can't burn disks it just won't read them.
Mike123

Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

Post by Mike123 »

I stand corrected, they (I have two laptops both with recent installs of LM this one and an Acer) neither will read a DVD and both are squirrelly with audio CDs, that is some CDs they will read and try to play some they won't, all I have tried are store bought commercial CDs.

What both drives do is search for a longer than usual amount of time then they may play the CD or not.
With a DVD they search then stop then search some more several times then nothing, again all store bought commercial DVDs.

Thanks for your help with this puzzle.
ClixTrix

Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

Post by ClixTrix »

Any chance the DVD problem is a Region Code conflict, e.g. the DVD has a North America code and the Player-hardware code is set to Europe?

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

Here's a test from Ask Ubuntu:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/677157/ ... -in-ubuntu
Mike123

Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

Post by Mike123 »

all41 wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:51 pm Make sure you have the package mint-meta-codecs installed
Check with Synaptics Package Manager

It is also possible the drive itself is at fault.
Different laser pickups and circuitry are used for cd vs dvd.
Hope I didn't make a mess, I installed mint-meta-mate , now it will play CDs better but still no love for DVDs.

Maybe try mint-meta-xfce ???
Mike123

Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

Post by Mike123 »

ClixTrix wrote: Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:07 am Any chance the DVD problem is a Region Code conflict, e.g. the DVD has a North America code and the Player-hardware code is set to Europe?

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

Here's a test from Ask Ubuntu:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/677157/ ... -in-ubuntu
Good thought, but no, regionset says its region 1. :(
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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Hi Mike123,

It would help to know more about your system setup. If you run "inxi -Fxzd" and "lsusb" from the console terminal prompt, highlight the results, copy and paste them back here, that should provide enough information. You did not use the "-d" on the "inxi" when you first posted.
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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mike@mike-Inspiron-M5040:~$ inxi -Fxzd
System: Host: mike-Inspiron-M5040 Kernel: 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine: Device: portable System: Dell product: Inspiron M5040 serial: N/A
Mobo: Dell model: 0RXDMJ v: A06 serial: N/A
BIOS: Dell v: A06 date: 12/15/2011
Battery BAT0: charge: 48.6 Wh 283.0% condition: 17.2/48.6 Wh (35%)
model: Sanyo DELL 4YRJH25 status: Full
hidpp__0: charge: N/A condition: NA/NA Wh
model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 status: Discharging
CPU: Dual core AMD E-450 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-)
arch: Bobcat rev.0 cache: 512 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 6586
clock speeds: max: 1650 MHz 1: 1646 MHz 2: 1483 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6320]
bus-ID: 00:01.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@60.01hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD PALM (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-39-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)
version: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-39-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
driver: ath9k bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (11.2% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD5000BPVT size: 500.1GB
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 model: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GT60N
rev: A102 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes
audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition: ID-1: / size: 458G used: 53G (13%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 64.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 65.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 176 Uptime: 12 min Memory: 1414.8/5563.9MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56
mike@mike-Inspiron-M5040:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:58c0 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
mike@mike-Inspiron-M5040:~$ inxi-d
inxi-d: command not found
mike@mike-Inspiron-M5040:~$ inxi-d
inxi-d: command not found
mike@mike-Inspiron-M5040:~$



Sorry my computer didn't know what to do with the "inxi-d" command.

Thanks
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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Hi Mike123,

I do not see anything wrong with the results of the "inxi -Fxzd" console terminal command, so that is a good thing. The "inxi -Fxzd" already includes the "-d" (drives) flag parameter which can be run separately with a space after the "inxi", "inxi -d".

You might consider updating the Linux Kernel above the 4.15.xx series perhaps something in the 4.18.xx series and rebooting afterward. Although not related to your post, I would also check for a Bios update and if there is one install that.
Drives:
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 model: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GT60N
rev: A102 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes
audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
From what I can tell the drive is recognized and should be working unless the drive has worn out. Yes, moving mechanical drives like DVD/CD/Blu-Ray drives, hard disks, etc... do wear out and get out of alignment. I have had to replace a few of these over the years. Fortunately, DVD/CD burner writers are relatively low-cost $25 or less for internal or external USB drives even Blu-Ray burner writers are reasonably priced now.

You can make sure the drives optical sensor is clean and that the discs are also clean.
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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They should be installed by default but check that the following are installed:
Screenshot from 2018-11-17 22-27-12.png
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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AndyMH wrote: Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:28 pm They should be installed by default but check that the following are installed:

Screenshot from 2018-11-17 22-27-12.png
Thanks AndyMH,
You were right it didn't have "libdvd-pkg" so I added it, no love, then I added a few more that sounded promising, still won't play or even mount the dvd.

Back to the drawing board.

I'm going to download a different distro, something not based on Ubuntu and give that a try.
I suppose I could try Windows again but I'd rather not.
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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Bugger! When I was running 18.3 (now 19.0), I couldn't play DVDs. Found that libdvd wasn't installed, installed it and I could play them. The only other thought I've got is install handbrake (it's in the repos). It's for ripping DVDs, but you will at least find out if it can read your DVDs, if not play them. Note, it's not very good with copy protected DVDs.
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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AndyMH wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:46 am Bugger! When I was running 18.3 (now 19.0), I couldn't play DVDs. Found that libdvd wasn't installed, installed it and I could play them. The only other thought I've got is install handbrake (it's in the repos). It's for ripping DVDs, but you will at least find out if it can read your DVDs, if not play them. Note, it's not very good with copy protected DVDs.
No luck there either Handbrake can't see it either, it's just not mounting like a CD will, it's very strange.
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

Post by carum carvi »

Mike123, I am a movie and music lover myself. That is a real bummer that you cant play these discs.

What kind of dvd/cd software do you use for reading these cd's and dvd's? Somehow I dont see any mention which program automatically tries to play and read your cd's and dvd's. Is it K3b? Or Mediaplayer? Or Vlc?

You have had 2 different computers on which you installed LinuxMInt and neither could play DVD's? Then it is likely that it is a software problem.

Have you tried to play store bought music cd's from artists? Or did you buy cd-roms and burned music on it yourself? You mentioned you were able to burn dvd's, but you cant play them. Which burn program do you use for burning cd's and dvd's? K3b? I have had a lot of troubles with that program myself. Identical problems to yours after installing K3b.

You could try a fresh new install of LinuxMint 19 one more time. I just cant imagine your problem cant be solved easily...
Mike123

Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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carum carvi wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:22 am Mike123, I am a movie and music lover myself. That is a real bummer that you cant play these discs.

What kind of dvd/cd software do you use for reading these cd's and dvd's? Somehow I dont see any mention which program automatically tries to play and read your cd's and dvd's. Is it K3b? Or Mediaplayer? Or Vlc?

You have had 2 different computers on which you installed LinuxMInt and neither could play DVD's? Then it is likely that it is a software problem.

Have you tried to play store bought music cd's from artists? Or did you buy cd-roms and burned music on it yourself? You mentioned you were able to burn dvd's, but you cant play them. Which burn program do you use for burning cd's and dvd's? K3b? I have had a lot of troubles with that program myself. Identical problems to yours after installing K3b.

You could try a fresh new install of LinuxMint 19 one more time. I just cant imagine your problem cant be solved easily...
I generally use VLC to play either, no auto launch is enabled so far at this point it should open up the "what do you want to open with" dialogue box.
All are store bought CDs and DVDs.
No I haven't tried to burn any, that must have been someone else.
The DVD won't "Mount" like a CD will, it's very odd indeed.
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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Mike123 wrote: Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:08 am Thanks phd21, it's not that I can't burn disks it just won't read them.
You wrote yourself that burning isnt a problem in an above message. But do I understand you well, that you have not tried to burn any cd or dvd?

Have you tried reading the DVD's and CD's with Vlc only? Or have you tried other video programs as well? Mediaplayer for example? Have you installed K3b in the recent past? When I had installed K3b all the other videoprograms went beserk and I did get similar errors as you are now experiencing.

If you cant find any solution, sometimes a new install can be the quickest way to solve the problem. If you have a fresh new install of LinuxMint 19 WITH the multi media codecs added DURING the installation process, you can better rule out any other accidental changes to your system. I have used a fresh new install for myself quite often, to solve problems I had accidentally caused myself.
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Re: DVD drive won't read DVDs but will read CDs

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UDF Volume?
https://appuals.com/how-to-mount-udf-volumes-in-ubuntu/
Disks Utility might report that there’s No Media in the drive even if you know the disc is there. Take the disc out and gently clean it before reinserting it. Open a CLI prompt by holding down Ctrl, Alt and T at the same time. Try issuing the command sudo mount -t udf /dev/sr0 /cdrom and pushing enter. You may be asked for your administrator password. If you have more than one optical drive, your device file may not mount to /dev/sr0, and you’ll need to use the name given in the Disks Utility in order to do so.
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