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

ADMIN: Please note that the commands that are issued may result in broken dependencies (mostly to do with WINE, LUTRIS etc) which cannot be reversed, and every subsequent update will contain warnings or even worse fail. You have been warned. There may be WINE/Windows oriented alternatives. Consider performing the above actions in a virtual machine running the distro of your choice.

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