USB portabel DVD plaer burner not showing in kde

I am trying to watch a movie on dvd, through an usb connected dvd player / burner.

Can’t find it in KDE but after some googling and typing a command I think I found it.

guus@linux-0pkp:~> ls -l /dev /dev/mapper |grep '^b'
brw-rw----  1 root disk      8,   0 12 jul 14:31 sda
brw-rw----  1 root disk      8,   1 12 jul 14:31 sda1
brw-rw----  1 root disk      8,   2 12 jul 14:31 sda2
brw-rw----  1 root disk      8,   3 12 jul 14:31 sda3
brw-rw----  1 root disk      8,  16 12 jul 14:31 sdb
brw-rw----  1 root disk      8,  17 12 jul 14:31 sdb1
brw-rw----  1 root disk      8,  18 12 jul 14:31 sdb2
brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom    11,   0 12 jul 20:49 sr0


The last line, I think that’s the usb connected dvd player.

VLC media player and sm player exit right away , when I select play disk.

The date and time match, this can’t be a coincidence ?

IME the first step in debugging external drives is to run dmesg in a terminal right after you plug it in, like this:

:~> dmesg
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:31 2019] usb 3-5: new high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:31 2019] usb 3-5: New USB device found, idVendor=1c6b, idProduct=a222
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:31 2019] usb 3-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:31 2019] usb 3-5: Product: Mass Storage Device
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:31 2019] usb 3-5: Manufacturer: USB2.0 External
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:31 2019] usb 3-5: SerialNumber: 20100526000000005E7
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:31 2019] usb-storage 3-5:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:31 2019] scsi host6: usb-storage 3-5:1.0
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:32 2019] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Slimtype eTAU208   1      FL46 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:32 2019] sr 6:0:0:0: Power-on or device reset occurred
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:32 2019] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr1] scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda pop-up
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:32 2019] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[Sáb Jul 13 15:00:32 2019] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 5

That is is what I get when I connect an USB 2.0 LiteON DVD Writer on openSUSE 42.3, KDE.

[37671.688242] usb 3-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[37671.826593] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=1887
[37671.826603] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[37671.826608] usb 3-3: Product: Portable Super Multi Drive
[37671.826611] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc
[37671.826614] usb 3-3: SerialNumber: KV8J1N81840         
[37671.894944] usb-storage 3-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[37671.895221] scsi host10: usb-storage 3-3:1.0
[37671.895523] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[37671.905002] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[37672.899735] scsi 10:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GP57EB40  PF01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[37672.901545] scsi 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[37672.965521] sr 10:0:0:0: Power-on or device reset occurred
[37672.977684] sr 10:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[37672.977692] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[37672.978176] sr 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0

Kde and Mplayer don’t seem to see it though

Try in YaST user & group management adding the group cdrom to username.

I can’t find that group.

I might have found something though.

I managed to start the movie in the dvd player by:

guus@linux-0pkp:~> mplayer dvd://1
MPlayer 1.2.r38117-Packman-4.8 (C) 2000-2018 MPlayer Team
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing dvd://1.
There are 13 titles on this DVD.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000166
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00000209
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0005c9e2
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x002b78d7
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB (0x002b78d7)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x002b792e
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB (0x002b792e)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB at 0x002b79c0
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB (0x002b79c0)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x002b7a17
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB (0x002b7a17)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_0.VOB at 0x002b81f4
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_0.VOB (0x002b81f4)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x002b824b
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB (0x002b824b)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_0.VOB at 0x002b946c
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_0.VOB (0x002b946c)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x002b94c3
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB (0x002b94c3)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_0.VOB at 0x002ed06f
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_0.VOB (0x002ed06f)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x002ed0c6
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB (0x002ed0c6)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.VOB at 0x0033f780
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_0.VOB (0x0033f780)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB at 0x0033f7d7
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB (0x0033f7d7)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_0.VOB at 0x00346ebe
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_0.VOB (0x00346ebe)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB at 0x00346f15
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB (0x00346f15)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_09_0.VOB at 0x0035bc4e
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_09_0.VOB (0x0035bc4e)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_09_1.VOB at 0x0035bca5
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_09_1.VOB (0x0035bca5)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_10_0.VOB at 0x00362715
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_10_0.VOB (0x00362715)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_10_1.VOB at 0x0036276c
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_10_1.VOB (0x0036276c)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_11_0.VOB at 0x00364dff
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_11_0.VOB (0x00364dff)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_11_1.VOB at 0x00364e56
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_11_1.VOB (0x00364e56)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_12_0.VOB at 0x0036c5db
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_12_0.VOB (0x0036c5db)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_12_1.VOB at 0x0036c632
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_12_1.VOB (0x0036c632)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_13_0.VOB at 0x00371a18
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_13_0.VOB (0x00371a18)
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_13_1.VOB at 0x00371a6f
libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_13_1.VOB (0x00371a6f)!!
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 13 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (5.1) language: en aid: 128.
audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 129.
audio stream: 2 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 130.
number of audio channels on disk: 3.
subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: nl
number of subtitles on disk: 1

MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 3)  25.000 fps  8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 57.107.100 (external)
Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Trying to force audio codec driver family libmad...
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 448.0 kbit/14.58% (ratio: 56000->384000)
Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [pulse] 48000Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12  [zoom]
libav* called av_log with context containing a broken AVClass!
overread 8
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]concealing 945 DC, 945 AC, 945 MV errors in I frame
SPUasm: invalid fragment
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12  [zoom]
A:  39.9 V:  39.9 A-V:  0.000 ct:  0.072 993/993  6%  1%  0.9% 0 0 
[ac3 @ 0x7fed5acdb000]frame sync error
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]ignoring SEQ_START_CODE after 100
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]ignoring seq ext after 100
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]ignoring GOP_START_CODE after 100
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]ignoring extra picture following a frame-picture
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]Missing picture start code, guessing missing values
A:  50.6 V:  50.6 A-V: -0.088 ct: -0.070 1006/1006 ??% ??% ??,?% 1 0 
[ac3 @ 0x7fed5acdb000]frame sync error
missing marker bit!
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]Invalid horizontal or vertical size value.
A:  60.7 V:  61.1 A-V: -0.388 ct: -0.039 1008/1008 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 
[ac3 @ 0x7fed5acdb000]frame sync error
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]ignoring SEQ_START_CODE after 100
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]ignoring seq ext after 100
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]ignoring GOP_START_CODE after 100
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]ignoring extra picture following a frame-picture
[mpeg2video @ 0x7fed5acdb000]Missing picture start code, guessing missing values


Kde still does not show the dvd player though. :?

If you can’t figure out groups in YaST2, then goto /etc/group and add guus to the cdrom line, like so:

cdrom:x:20:guus

After doing so, reopen YaST2 to see where guus showed up, so you might understand how to make further adjustments.

guus@linux-0pkp:/etc> cd group
bash: cd: group: Is geen map
guus@linux-0pkp:/etc> cdrom:x:20:guus
If 'cdrom:x:20:guus' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
    cnf cdrom:x:20:guus
guus@linux-0pkp:/etc> 

:?

With help of this page:

https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book.opensuse.startup/cha.yast.userman.html

I managed to add me to the group cd-rom.

Now will try again to connect dvd player and report back. :slight_smile:

That did not change anything. KDE still does not show the dvd player. :frowning:

When I tel lsmplayer to play a disk it crashes

I might have found the problem, but have not tested it yet.

Device notifier, I changed some settings.

Set up removable devises.

I found something there, under not connected devices.

Blade Trinity Disk 1. That is the movie I was trying to watch. ( Blade 1 )

It’s now set to auto connect all removable devices.

Below this are 3 options.

I checked the second box and the third box.

In System Settings>Removable Storage>Removable Devices do you have Enable automatic mounting of removable media checked?

Yes I have :slight_smile:

Have not tried if this fixed the problem though.

Off topic:
Been busy trying to figure out, why my new pc does not boot with an Geforce GTX 750 in, but seems to work fine with an AMD 5700.

Gonna try a bios update for the new pc first.

I have a GeForce made by EVGA with VGA, DVI and HDMI outputs, but there’s no way to tell what model it is. No matter what PC I put it in, it prevents POSTing. :stuck_out_tongue:

I am very bad at throwing stuff away. Still have the original box of the vid card, so getting the part number was easy for me.

Already waiting about 5 days though, for an answer to a simple question. Does this card support eufi ?

Its possible my geforce is broken though, but it was working fine when I took it out the pc I am typing this with, using onboard video of the mobo now.

Read something though.

About a problem with GTX vid cards and Ryzen cpu.

That is what I have.

Just got a response from AMD which I will post here:
[FONT=Times New Roman]Thank you for reporting your issue to us, we have had other similar reports and have reproduced it in our labs. [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]We have narrowed down the problem to be a compatibility issue between new and old technology, the GTX 780 is over 5 years old. [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]That being said, we were able to work around the bootup issue by setting the PCIe option in the motherboard BIOS to Gen 1. [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]If you can access your motherboard BIOS and it supports this option, then this may be a feasible workaround for you. [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]If not, then you may want to consider contacting Nvidia support for further assistance with your GTX 780 issue.
[/FONT]

I have a GTX 750 with 1 gig of ram, but exactly the same issue. Can’t even get into bios with the gtx in. No problem with an amd 5700.

Computers can be frustrating, I had installed windows 10 with the hd5700 in.
Then took out hd 5700 and put in the gtx, to install leap 15.1.
Only to find out new pc suddenly did not boot anymore.

Disconnecting both hard disk did not help, nor did a bios reset.
Now will go shopping to get an usb stick and do a bios update. Fingers crossed.

Need to install bios 1.8 first, then something amd all in 1. Then I can install latest bios.

Confirms my love hate relation with pc. :stuck_out_tongue: