07-12-2017, 02:43 AM
supergamer brought up a great point -- make sure the DVD is mounted first. VLC won't play it if it isn't mounted first.
:-[ Pretty embarrassing that I totally forgot to mention that because I always have auto-mounting of devices disabled on my systems and always have to manually mount DVDs myself before playing them in VLC.
Just in case this is the problem, go to Menu -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Removable Drives and Media -> Storage tab -> and check box next to "Mount removable media when inserted". Then insert DVD, wait about 15 seconds for system to mount it, open VLC and follow prior instructions to play it. (Hopefully that is the problem and it is now solved.)
:-[ Pretty embarrassing that I totally forgot to mention that because I always have auto-mounting of devices disabled on my systems and always have to manually mount DVDs myself before playing them in VLC.
Just in case this is the problem, go to Menu -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Removable Drives and Media -> Storage tab -> and check box next to "Mount removable media when inserted". Then insert DVD, wait about 15 seconds for system to mount it, open VLC and follow prior instructions to play it. (Hopefully that is the problem and it is now solved.)
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