I can confirm this. When I use media/device I get the errors, however if I manually switch it to /dev/cdrom0 it will work fine. I don't think this would be a wishlist bug because it would work regardless.
** Changed in: kdemultimedia (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- Selecting CD-ROM device is inconsistent and unnecessarily difficult https://launchpad.net/bugs/50908 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs