On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 08:53, Rob Malpass via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi all > > This might sound like an old chestnut but I'm fed up of googling because > it is qutie "subtle".... > > I have some home-recorded DVDs (converted to ISO) which won't play on VLC > on Ubuntu (Jammy). VLC opens and crashes immediately. The trouble is: > * The same files play fine on VLC on both Mac and Windows > * Some other home-made DVD ISOs play fine on Jammy. It may be that I > recorded the working ones with one DVD recorder and the non-working ones > with another DVD recorder. Come what may - both Mac and Windows will play > all of them. > > I've run vlc from the command line and I get the error below. It looks > like it's something to do with a locale. FWIW I've changed the output > between wayland on gnome and X11 - but neither works. Any ideas anyone? > > Cheers > Rob > > > Hi, VLC should work, but if it does not, you could always try "xine" or "xine-ui". I wrote a lot of the DVD playing features in xine, so I know it should work fine. xine also handles all the DVD menus, if you want the full DVD experience. Kind Regards James
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