[PROBLEM] USB 2.0 DVDRW can't read DVD

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(31st Jul, 2013 09:06 PM)mk01 Wrote:  i have a BR/DVD/RW usb drive, but have no content. I can put a .avi or .mkv on rw media, but I suppose this is not what you wan't to test?

with genuine DVD Video discs you will fail. as Koen wrote, problem is the licensing and encryptions.

this was even problematic in the real PC world, specials players were needed (licensed with the drive, or bought extra).

You have to enable a flag when xmbc is compiled. With --enable-dvdcss and don't add the --disable-optical-drive flag.

XBMC now supports dvd play internally with dvdplayer, thing is I suppose the RPi uses omxplayer instead of dvdplayer.

I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to encode a dvdiso on-the-fly and play this.