Re: DVD Movies on Ubunto

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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