Ubuntu wont let me watch DVD

mehmeh12

Hi

For some reason when i try to play a dvd on ubuntu i get this message 'Totem cannot play this type of media (DVD) because it does not have the appropriate plugins to be able to read from the disc.' Where exactly do i get these plugins?

Funny thing is i tried the same DVD on windows xp and it played.

ARGINITE

Try this.

stereo_steve

mehmeh12 wrote: »

Funny thing is i tried the same DVD on windows xp and it played.

Are you sure you didn't install some software first to do this?!

Orion

ARGINITE wrote: »

Try this.

tldr

just go to a terminal and type (or copy/paste) "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras". When it prompts you for a password just enter your login password. Once it completes you will be able to play DVDs perfectly.

stereo_steve wrote: »

Are you sure you didn't install some software first to do this?!

He probably didn't. If it was a purchased PC it most likely had some DVD player software pre-installed. All included as part of the purchase price.

BopNiblets

Restricted extras doesn't include libdvdcss2, I remember because I installed Karmic on my aunts laptop and had to download a .deb package to get DVD's playing.

Here it is, last on the page:
http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/videolan/libdvdcss/1.2.9/deb/