[SOLVED]VLC errors

[StarWolf]

Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disk "/dev/sr0".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.

i did in my attempt to get a dvd movie to play installed a host of things form media-buntu
followed a ton of instructions. one had me mount the dvd drive in terminal .
sudo ln -s /dev/ata2.00 /dev/dvd (i put this in first sudo ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd)
sudo ln -s /dev/ata2.00 /dev/dvd
ln: creating symbolic link `/dev/dvd': File exists


dmesg | grep DVD
has the output of

dmesg | grep DVD
[ 2.000581] ata2.00: ATAPI: SONY DVD RW DRU-810A, 1.0e, max UDMA/33
[ 2.086177] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM SONY DVD RW DRU-810A 1.0e PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

is it possible its using the old hdc information . vlc opens and closes the drive it just can't play the dvd or cd audio either.

any ideas >>

[TuxLove]

Re: VLC errors

Have you tried just typing

vlc /dev/sr0

in a console session to see the errors?

[StarWolf]

Re: VLC errors

no but i did find out what the error was . i need a new dvd burner it isn't even reading reg cds . audio or data so im gonna put this in as solved. :-0