On 4/29/05, Michael Sammartano <volinaz@cox.net> wrote:
Quite possible that the dvd is encrypted with a proprietary code... I
can play some dvd's on SuSE but not all.

Eric "Shubes" wrote:

> I'm trying to play a DVD on Ubunto. The Totem player starts
> automatically, then up pops an error window stating that "Totem could
> not play 'dvd://'." (cannot open file "dvd://")
>
> Can someone point me in a direction toward getting it to work?
>
> I'm happy (and sad) to say that this is the first problem I've come
> across with Ubunto.

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The problem is most likely that you don't have libdvdcss installed. Not being familiar with Ubuntu, I don't know where you would get it.

For Suse, you should be able to get it from http://rpm.pbone.net

Just install it, then try your favorite movie.


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