Answers to: CD drive not being read in Ubuntu 14.04

Answer by Darenhadrey

Darenhadrey — Fri, 08 May 2015 07:05:01 -0400

solution is to install udftools. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and then type:

$ sudo apt-get install udftools

Comment by landroni on landroni's answer

landroni — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 04:41:49 -0400

I'm not sure what is wrong, then. Please edit the original question to include info on exactly which disc device you are using and the exact error message that VLC spits out (if necessary start VLC from the command line).

Comment by Ardshiel on landroni's answer

Ardshiel — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:37:41 -0400

I have tried multiple discs - audio and DVD. Every time I make a change away from sr0, for any of the disc choices, I start to get an error message and then vlc freezes up and I have to close it (force close) and then restart it.

Comment by landroni on landroni's answer

landroni — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:29:53 -0400

Hmm, but did you also try all of the other options in there? Here I also have /dev/cdrom, /dev/sg0, etc. And did you try with other discs, to avoid this being an issue related specifically to that disc?

Comment by Ardshiel on landroni's answer

Ardshiel — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:23:47 -0400

I tried it. The drive does not recognize the disc.

Comment by landroni on Ardshiel's answer

landroni — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:10:21 -0400

I answered above. Please keep the comments in the relevant answer.

Comment by landroni on landroni's answer

landroni — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:09:49 -0400

But did you choose /dev/sr0 and then hit the Play button?

Comment by Ardshiel on Ardshiel's answer

Ardshiel — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:25:22 -0400

I followed your instructions on vlc and /dev/sr0 is already there, on each form of disc.

Comment by Ardshiel on Ardshiel's answer

Ardshiel — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:09:07 -0400

Yes, it should be a comment. Sorry.

Comment by landroni on Ardshiel's answer

landroni — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:04:37 -0400

This should be a comment, not an answer.

Answer by landroni

landroni — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:06:28 -0400

I have a similar issue on Ubuntu 14.04: for some reason Gnome-MPlayer, VLC won't recognize DVDs. I solved it by selecting a different CD device in VLC prefs. All these programs defaulted to /dev/dvd, but then complained. I changed the Disc device to /dev/sr0 in VLC, and now I can easily play DVDs.

If you use VLC, then try Media > Open Disc > Disc Device then experiment with the proposed devices in that list (or put in /dev/sr0).

Does this help?