Unable to play DVD without admin rights - Win 10_1809 AD workstation

I'm running into an issue in VLC

When I go to open disk in VLC (Ctrl D) > DVD > Play. I get this error

"Playback failure: DVDRead could not open the disc "F:". Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///F:\'. Check the log for details."

I'm posting the verbose logs from message below.

But when I open VLC with admin rights then it plays fine, Windows Enterprise 10_1809 Workstation is in an Active Directory Domain.

this is effecting multiple workstations with diffrent hardware configurations

Please can you help.

Thank You

main debug: processing request item: dvd:///F:/, node: Playlist, skip: 0 main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 1 main debug: starting playback of new item main debug: resyncing on dvd:///F:/ main debug: dvd:///F:/ is at 1 main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd:///F:/' main debug: requesting art for new input thread main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path: C:\Users\"USERNAME"\AppData\Local\Temp main debug: dvd:///F:/' gives accessdvd' demux any' path/F:/' main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='any' location='/F:/' file='F:\' main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "dvd": 15 candidates main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates dvdnav warning: cannot open DVD (F:) dvdread error: DVDRead cannot open source: F: lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\"USERNAME"\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: no access_demux modules matched main debug: creating access: dvd:///F:/ main debug: (path: F:) main debug: looking for access module matching "dvd": 26 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: no access modules matched main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates main debug: dead input lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\"USERNAME"\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2) main debug: nothing to play lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac main debug: no art finder modules matched main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\"USERNAME"\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\"USERNAME"\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac main debug: no art finder modules matched

2 Answers

What I found that worked for me was either opening VLC with Admin Rights or first browsing the DVD drive in Windows Explorer (“Open”) and then on the VIDEO_TS folder > “Play with VLC”

Thank You all for your help.

I have the same problem with VLC Mediaplayer 32-bit 3.0.71 (also tried 64-bit) on WIN 10 Pro Build 17763.

Playback failure: DVDRead could not open the disc "I:". Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///I:/'. Check the log for details. dvdread error: DVDRead cannot open source: I:

Running VLC with admin right also worked for me. Tried different DVD drives and different DVDs.