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VLC on OpenRC - Missing Codecs?

hey all. having issues with vlc not playing a DVD movie. downloaded vlc-plugins-all but still having problems. this is a physical DVD that has a language and chapter selection. vlc cant get there for some reason. when running vlc in cli i see these messages:

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error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv

am i missing a codec? what am i doing wrong? tried using mpv and it would play the opening credits but then crash after that. was told mpv does not have title selection. went to the vlc irc and they were not helpful. any help is appreciated.

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Reply #1
It looks like that disk is not DVD but Blu-ray video. Did you try https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray

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Reply #2
It looks like that disk is not DVD but Blu-ray video. Did you try https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray
tried the link. it seems that libbluray is installed but trying to install libaacs with pacman says it does not exist. is this a yay or pacman package? also tried installing libbdplus with yay and get errors talking about a missing autoreconf line.

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Reply #3
Package libaacs had been added to galaxy; after the mirrors have synced you can install it.

artist


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Reply #5
Package libaacs had been added to galaxy; after the mirrors have synced you can install it.

artist

how do i sync the mirrors? with
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pacman -Syu 
? or with rsync?

when i tried to install libbdplus it threw an error about libaacs dependencies. i need to install libaacs first right?


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Reply #6
The mirrors sync themselves at the times or intervals set by their maintainers.
Should not take very long usually.

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seems like the libaacs package was updated today. you said it will be awhile until the mirrors sync? i still cant download the package unless im using the wrong package manager.

Re: VLC on OpenRC - Missing Codecs?

Reply #8
I tested, and the package does install. But some mirror(s) might have a lag.
You can edit file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and comment out the first uncommented mirror line and try again.

artist

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Reply #9
finally have libaacs installed. im trying to download the KEYDB.cfg file but i dont see a aacs folder on my machine to copy it too. im following the bluray link for reference.

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i tried making a folder for aacs in /etc/xdg. but i dont see any changes. im not entirely sure this disc is a bluray one. it must be a dvd since it says it on the cover. trying bd_info on the disc gives me the same error i mentioned in my opening post. the bdmv error. what am i missing?

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Reply #11
If it's DVD you'll see a file listing somewhat like this

VIDEO_TS/
  VIDEO_TS.IFO
  VIDEO_TS.BUP
  VTS_01_0.VOB
  VTS_01_1.VOB
  ...

If a Bluray this
BDMV/
  index.bdmv
  MovieObject.bdmv
  STREAM/
    00000.m2ts
    00001.m2ts
  PLAYLIST/
    00000.mpls
CERTIFICATE/

I believe there have been some hybrid discs created which are both formats but they are rare.

I've never owned a bluray disc so don't know any more than that.

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Reply #12
Have you done this, if it's not home recorded?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Optical_disc_drive#

DVD

If you wish to play encrypted DVDs, you must install the libdvd* packages:

    libdvdread
    libdvdcss
    libdvdnav

 

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If it's DVD you'll see a file listing somewhat like this

VIDEO_TS/
  VIDEO_TS.IFO
  VIDEO_TS.BUP
  VTS_01_0.VOB
  VTS_01_1.VOB
  ...

If a Bluray this
BDMV/
  index.bdmv
  MovieObject.bdmv
  STREAM/
    00000.m2ts
    00001.m2ts
  PLAYLIST/
    00000.mpls
CERTIFICATE/

I believe there have been some hybrid discs created which are both formats but they are rare.

I've never owned a bluray disc so don't know any more than that.
its definitely the dvd. i see the video_ts file hiearchy.

Have you done this, if it's not home recorded?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Optical_disc_drive#

DVD

If you wish to play encrypted DVDs, you must install the libdvd* packages:

    libdvdread
    libdvdcss
    libdvdnav
installing the libdvdcss package worked! i can now play my dvd! thank you to all that helped!