DVD drive errors DVD video discs

[Tim]

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 12:15 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote:
> When I put in a commercial DVD I get the following errors. I do not
> get any errors with data DVDs.
> 
> [ 3348.937607] sr 7:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Read of scrambled sector without authentication

That looks, very much, like what I'd expect to see if I were to put in a
content protected disc.  Most commercial discs protect their content in
one way or another, or multiple (CSS, Macrovision, or otherwise
deliberately out-of-specification discs).

How to play them is a FAQ.  Look at RPMfusion.org, for one solution.

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