Cannot play dvd on Fedora 17

[iamnguyen]

Hi, I am new to Fedora 17.

After I put my dvd in my computer, I tried to open it with media player (totem), but there is no option that said "open disc". I installed VLC, but it didn't help at all. Please help me figure out the solution.

Thanks in advance.

[Fenrin]

you need the package libdvdcss (maybe also libdvdcss2). You can download and install this packages from atrpms.net

did you install the rpmfusion repo yet?

yum --nogpgcheck install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

you will also need some codecs from rpmfusion. Maybe you have them installed already.

As alternative to the way above you can also try a tool of the following:
autoplus
easyLife

[iamnguyen]

Thank you so much for your help. I tried install them, but nothing changed. I am really confused.

[Fenrin]

maybe you also need libdvdnav. Otherwise if it still doesn't work, try autoplus or easyLife. Or install gnome-mplayer and look if you have better success with it.

[Penguinclaw]

Is you version of Fedora 32 or 64bit? open the terminal and enter

uname -a

mine says:

bash-4.2$ uname -a
Linux penguinclaw.dom 3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 30 14:48:59 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

the 3.5.0-2.fc.xfc17.x86_64 part means I am using a 64 bit version of Fedora 17, if yours says ..... x86 then you are using the 32bit version. Now check that you installed the correct version of libdvdcss2:

bash-4.2$ yum list libdvdcss2

if this doesn't match your version then you will need to remove and install the correct version of libdvdcss2. A good howto is available at: http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-fedora-17 but again make sure if you have a 64bit system you download the correct software. Usually just opening a new tab in your browser and searching the site will give you the correct version.

I hope I'm not being to verbose.... It's a lot easier than it sounds

Also personally I'd use vlc as your dvd player. I'm sure this is mentioned in the above howto.

[cryogenic666]

What happens when you open VLC, click "media" and "open disc"? By default, the device name is /dev/dvd, which may not actually be correct in F17.