CANNOT play DVD's on VLC 2.1.2 with Win7 64

[lumzi23]

I can't DVD'd on the 64bit version of VLC (Sorry about the thread title error).

I get this error

"Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "D:".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///D:/'. Check the log for details."

I have checked around the site and forums for a specific solution but didn't find any that made sense to me. Please help.

[lumzi23]

Here is what I believe to be the log

main debug: adding item `dvd:///D:/' ( dvd:///D:/ )
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dvd:///D:/
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: processing request item: dvd:///D:/, node: null, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on dvd:///D:/
main debug: dvd:///D:/ is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd:///D:/'
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Lumzi\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Lumzi\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `dvd:///D:/' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `/D:/'
main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' location='/D:/' file='D:\'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "dvd": 12 candidates
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for dvd:///D:/
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
dvdnav warning: cannot open DVD (D:)
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Lumzi\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
dvdread error: DVDRead cannot open source: D:
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'dvd' location='/D:/', path='D:\'
main debug: looking for access module matching "dvd": 20 candidates
main debug: no access modules matched
main error: open of `dvd:///D:/' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: art not found for dvd:///D:/
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input

[kodela]

I have exactly the same problem.

[gecoboy]

VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///D:/'. Check the log for details.

Same problem - also tried the 32 bit version on my win7 64 Got this message:

Playback failure:
VLC cannot set the DVD's title. It possibly cannot decrypt the entire disc.

I have just upgraded to win7 from xp pro - the win 7 media player plays the disks fine !

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Update your video drivers
Reinstall VLC 32bits while deleting preferences and cache
Delete %appdata%/.dvdcss folder

[zoidanoid]

Ditto on the DVD not playing issue. I accidently posted my issue in the Mac forum, maybe a mod can move it here?

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 2&p=394111

[lumzi23]

Update your video drivers
Reinstall VLC 32bits while deleting preferences and cache
Delete %appdata%/.dvdcss folder

So I can't use the the 64bits version?

Edit: The 32bit version worked.

[pherklotz]

Hello,

I do have the exact same issue. Happens on several machines running Win7 64. The graphics drivers are recent. Opening the DVD via "open folder" works just fine, opening it as a DVD media does result in the error aforementioned.
It seems this happens after the update to V 2.1.2.

Peter

[nh905]

I can confirm that I ran into this problem on two different laptops (Windows 7 and Windows . VLC 2.1.2 64-bit would not open a DVD I had recorded. The problem was resolved by switching to 2.1.2 32-bit.

[DrGeneNelson]

See my earlier post. I was playing a commercial DVD with the previous VLC version without problems. I received an update advisory. When I updated, I obtained Version: 2.1.2 Rincewind and I obtained the following problem..... I could not locate the log.

Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "D:".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///D:/'. Check the log for details.

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64 Bit)

EDIT: Deleting the program, Clearing the VLC Cache and preferences, and installing the 32-bit version of VLC 2.1.2 was a workaround for me. Are there plans to resolve this problem for the 64-bit version?

[korakios]

VLC 2.1.2 64bit no dvd playback for me either. I'm on windows 8_64bit.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Use 32bits version. We'll fix for 2.1.3