Can VLC play a a movie from a DVD drive connected by USB 2? Are any specific settings or permissions required. On the two systems I tested, playing would start, to the extent that an elapsed time of 0 would appear for a millisecond or two, and then immediately stop. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ http://carnot.yi.org/ = http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/