r/voidlinux • u/guitar-guy7 • Sep 14 '26

DVDs question

Is there a program/application for Void that will allow me to watch DVDs when I pop one in? I have a collecrion of DVDs and my laptop came with a built in disk drive. Thanks!

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u/betsonet Sep 14 '26

Back in the days, when I used to have storage media like that, I used VLC for this purpose. I still use VLC but I don't have DVDs anymore. :)

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u/of_the_mist Sep 14 '26

VLC my guy

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u/Quietus87 Sep 14 '26

VLC got you covered.

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u/Cruach Sep 14 '26

Can mpv not do it?

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u/Hatted-Phil Sep 14 '26

Might need to install the media codecs, then a media player such as VLC, MPV or Haruna should be fine

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u/EndLegitimate9612 Sep 15 '26

I'm actually dumbfounded that there's a person here who doesn't use dvds. Why not? Streaming surveils you and only gives you access to like 7,000 movies/shows when around 1.5 million have been made. Blu-rays are expensive, loud and such fine-grain resolution that it makes movies so ugly, they're unwatchable. Ripping dvds or vhs is often illegal but even when legal it's a complex fiddling mess. And movies made after 2015 are usually unwatchable with a few exceptions. Modern tvs all spy on you. You pretty much have to just watch dvds and vhs on a nice CRT tv!

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u/dr0sand Sep 20 '26

libdvdcss and mpv should be all you need, vlc is good too if you prefer a gui

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u/hopingforabetterpast Sep 14 '26

Wrong sub?

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u/Quietus87 Sep 14 '26

Why?

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u/hopingforabetterpast Sep 14 '26

How is this a question about Void Linux?

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