Let's reassign this to mplayer. Seems like mplayer fails to handle dvdnav:// if no /dev/dvd is present. I think it should try harder to find a DVD drives in this case.
** Package changed: gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu) => mplayer (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: mplayer (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248194 Title: Gnome-Mplayer cannot play commercial videos: Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No such file or directory) -- Ubuntu Saucy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/1248194/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs