11-22-2017, 01:23 AM
Hi,
I have installed linux lite onto a relative's laptop at their request.
It is a circa-2008 Sony Vaio VGN-NS230D with 3 GB RAM. It was running Windows Vista previously.
After the install, most things work. I have wireless internet, the keyboard is fine (Even though this is a European model and we are now in Canada), the trackpad works, sound and Youtube work.
But I can't get it to play a DVD. Before you ask, I installed the 'restricted extras,' and also instructed it to load codecs during the install.
When I put a commercially-purchased DVD video in the tray, it automatically reads the DVD and says "DVD has automatically been mounted."
So I can see the DVD, and it mounts on the desktop. But when I try to play it, nothing happens.
I have tried to play both the disc and individual VOB files via VLC media player, but nothing works.
VLC actually pops up automatically when I first insert the DVD. But when I tell it to play the disc, video length numbers appear as if it is about to play a video, and this lasts for about one second, but then it halts inexplicably.
Can anyone help me with this problem?
I have installed linux lite onto a relative's laptop at their request.
It is a circa-2008 Sony Vaio VGN-NS230D with 3 GB RAM. It was running Windows Vista previously.
After the install, most things work. I have wireless internet, the keyboard is fine (Even though this is a European model and we are now in Canada), the trackpad works, sound and Youtube work.
But I can't get it to play a DVD. Before you ask, I installed the 'restricted extras,' and also instructed it to load codecs during the install.
When I put a commercially-purchased DVD video in the tray, it automatically reads the DVD and says "DVD has automatically been mounted."
So I can see the DVD, and it mounts on the desktop. But when I try to play it, nothing happens.
I have tried to play both the disc and individual VOB files via VLC media player, but nothing works.
VLC actually pops up automatically when I first insert the DVD. But when I tell it to play the disc, video length numbers appear as if it is about to play a video, and this lasts for about one second, but then it halts inexplicably.
Can anyone help me with this problem?