VLC installs & runs but won't play (Ubuntu)

[davec]

Ubuntu 18.04.1

I installed VLC player and it will launch but not play a DVD. When I choose the DVD and click the Play button, the button turns to Pause icon, the disk spins but then icon changes back to Play icon and the disk soon spins down.

I can repeat this infinitely with no result.

I presume I forgot something in the install process?

What should I do now?

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks.

[chubinou]

Hi,

Have you tried this? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Restr ... layingDVDs

If so, can you send some logs?

To help you, we need messages, to completely understand what your problems is.
To fix this, please be sure before you start the playback to:

1. Open: Tools -> Messages.
2. Set Verbosity to 2
3. Start playback to reproduce your issue
4. Save text in a file or copy into clipboard
5. Then paste the full resulting log here between [​code]and[​/code] (or use Pastebin.com if it's too long)

Also don't forget to name your Operating System and provide the VLC media player version.