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Borg
October 17th, 2007, 09:42 AM
No matter what I try I can't get some, well most DVDs to play

I have Ubuntu restricted extras and all the ones I think I need from looking around but nothing.

Any clues on fixing this ?

Thanks
Borg
October 17th, 2007, 09:46 AM
Sorry should also say I have followed these instructions as well

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
teppic
October 17th, 2007, 12:22 PM
Are you using totem-xine or totem-gstreamer? Have you tried VLC?
Borg
October 17th, 2007, 12:43 PM
totem-gstreamer
FredB
October 17th, 2007, 12:44 PM
If you have the right to do so - not living in USA - install lidvdcss.
Borg
October 17th, 2007, 12:45 PM
VLC and Ogle just close when I load the disk up
Borg
October 17th, 2007, 12:55 PM
If you have the right to do so - not living in USA - install lidvdcss.

Done that as per the instructions in the link I gave
julian67
October 17th, 2007, 01:12 PM
totem-gstreamer is not a good choice for playing DVDs because gstreamer can't handle dvd menus...longstanding issue. If you already have libdvdcss2 and libdvdread then you can install totem-xine and libxine1-ffmpeg and any dependencies then Totem becomes a very nice player.
Madmoose
October 17th, 2007, 01:26 PM
I too have this prob. I'll try:

totem-gstreamer is not a good choice for playing DVDs because gstreamer can't handle dvd menus...longstanding issue. If you already have libdvdcss2 and libdvdread then you can install totem-xine and libxine1-ffmpeg and any dependencies then Totem becomes a very nice player.

Moose