On 02/22/16 12:10, Rick Stevens wrote: <<>>
Guys, the last 25 or 30 replies on this thread have nothing to do with
<> -- while this is true, it does help maintain an observance of a thread where op is lax in replying to those who have offered suggestions of help. ;-)
tho "off topic" discussing how not to 'top post' using gmail does offer guidance for op.
Angelo, I can see two possible reasons VLC may not see the insertion of a CD or DVD once it's running:
-- tho i have not queried videoland site for operations of vlc, from what i see of release that i have, VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower, from what i have seen from this and previous versions, i tend to believe that vlc checks devices on startup and monitors the devices when open via the device drivers.
i base this on fact that when vlc is open and a cd or dvd is inserted into either of my optical devices, a window pops up titled "Devices recently plugged in:".
shortly after, in "Title" listing, an icon appears with type of an optical disk with device listing of either 'cdda:///dev/sr0' or 'cdda:///dev/sr0'. when i eject disc, icon disappears.
such tends to indicate that vlc _knows_whats_up_.
If you're running a desktop, check it's "Multimedia" options. Generally, the desktop will "take over" the CD/DVD drive and when new media is inserted, the desktop will try to invoke it's preferred player to handle it. You may have to disable that on the desktop or tell it to use VLC.
-- for some reason or other, even with having set under;
System Settings > File Associations
selections for both 'cd' and 'dvd' under "x-content", "Application Preference Order", "VLC media player" is at top, when i insert a cd or dvd of audio or video type, vlc does not auto start. but not a problem.
If that's not the case, you may have to have VLC rescan available devices when you insert a new piece of media. VLC does that on startup, but I don't think it automatically does it periodically. YOU have to tell it to.
-- as above, with my install, vlc _monitors_ optical devices.