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Ubuntu wont let me watch DVD

  • 06-12-2009 7:58am
    #1
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭


    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.


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  • #2
    ARGINITE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    Try this.


  • #3
    stereo_steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭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?!


  • #4
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #5
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭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/


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