DVD Movie Playback issues [solved]

[Bruce]

Hey all,
I added a DVD burner to my new C64 system running COS but it wont play a DVD movie. I tried VLC player and other players. Seems there must be some package I am missing that will enable DVD decoding. I can play MP4 movies with no issues. Any one have an idea where or how I can fix this?
I'm determined to make OS Vision do everything so I don't need windows anymore.

[LeoNigro]

Hmmmm.... Could it be a codec problem?
From the menu:
Applications --> System Tools --> Codecs Installer

[Bruce]

I did follow the codec installer and agreed to it and I still am unable to play DVD movies. The same computer has a dual boot with win-11 and DVD's play fine in windows but not Linux. I don't understand why loading the "restricted codecs" did not allow VLC player to play a simple DVD movie.

[LeoNigro]

The way DVD codecs are handled is rather painful unfortunately.

Cut/Paste the following command in the CLI.

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sudo apt-get -y install libdvd-pkg && sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg && sudo apt-get -y install regionset libavcodec-extra

There will be a window prompt of some sort to download and compile the code, so just click next.

Then you need to have a DVD inserted before you enter the following.

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sudo regionset

It's so stupid it doesn't even present you with a list of the codes. It just asks for a number, so use the one for your DVD's region below.

There are eight region codes possible, currently six are used:

1 – North America (USA and Canada)
2 – Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Japan
3 – Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Korea
4 – Latin America, Australia, New Zealand
5 – Former Soviet Union (Russia, Ukraine, etc.), rest of Africa, India
6 – China

Presumably, it remembers the region and you aren't required to enter this every time.
I think I will make this an option under Commodore OS --> Additional Features in the next update.

I've just tested this and am confident that it will work.
My apologies for the inconvenience.

[Bruce]

Hey Leo,

So I filled your instructions and the scripts loaded and installed. After inserting a CD and entering: "sudo regionset" it says "command not found" so I am not able to get the list of region codes. HELP!!!

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sudo regionset
It's so stupid it doesn't even present you with a list of the codes. It just asks for a number, so use the one for your DVD's region below.

There are eight region codes possible, currently six are used:

1 – North America (USA and Canada)
2 – Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Japan
3 – Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Korea
4 – Latin America, Australia, New Zealand
5 – Former Soviet Union (Russia, Ukraine, etc.), rest of Africa, India
6 – China

[Bruce]

UPDATE:
I entered the following:

sudo apt-get install regionset

Set the region to 1 then had to do a reboot sudo reboot

After the reboot I am now playing a DVD in COS. Thanks for all your help!!!

-Bruce

[Bruce]

Now that I can play DVD movies. Any idea how to play Blueray or to install MakeMKV?

Thanks... Bruce