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Re: External DVD player for Linux

Hi Keith
I think it's unlikely the DVD player is incompatible with Ubuntu 20.04, especially if your USB ports are USB 3 and the player is likewise, if I understand MP correctly it should still work, I don't have an external DVD player to test but I notice my internal player doesn't show up under
blkid or removable devices unless I have a disk in it then it shows as ISO9660, have you tried that?, you could also try plugging it in then running
sudo dmesg | tail -20 to see if ...
Hi Keith
I think it's unlikely the DVD player is incompatible with Ubuntu 20.04, especially if your USB ports are USB 3 and the player is likewise, if I understand MP correctly it should still work, I don't have an external DVD player to test but I notice my internal player doesn't show up under
blkid or removable devices unless I have a disk in it then it shows as ISO9660, have you tried that?, you could also try plugging it in then running
sudo dmesg | tail -20 to see if ...