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    [Solved] Permission error on DVD playback

    I have mplayer and movie player with ubuntu-restricted-extras installed and I still cannot get DVD playback. I get an error that says I may not have permission. I have never seen that type of error before. I never had DVD playback problems before. Anyone have any idea what to do about it. I followed the trouble shooting section for DVD playback in the MultiMedia how to guide here and I'm still getting no love.
    Last edited by Bigtime_Scrub; June 3rd, 2009 at 12:13 AM. Reason: resolved issue
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    Re: Permission error on DVD playback

    How about some more info on what you were doing when you got the error, and the text of the actual error message.

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    Re: Permission error on DVD playback

    Quote Originally Posted by bcrowell View Post
    How about some more info on what you were doing when you got the error, and the text of the actual error message.
    That is all the actual error message said.

    However, I ran this in terminal and I got back this.

    Code:
    gary@gary-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 vlcReading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    Package libdvdcss2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate
    gary@gary-laptop:~$
    So maybe an issue with libdvdcss2?
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    Re: Permission error on DVD playback

    Hello


    Did you check the restricted extras guide
    it includes info for 9.04

    It says use this

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
    Here is the link
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    Re: Permission error on DVD playback

    Is the medibuntu repository set up correctly?

    Visit the community documentation at
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
    for a guide on how to do this.

    Hope this helps,
    Andrew
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    Re: Permission error on DVD playback

    The medibuntu repository is ok and ran the install for ubuntu-restrited-extras again and nothing. It says nothing new to install because everything is already installed. Just to check I tried a different dvd and nothing either.

    I also tried loading it with DVDrip to see what would happen and when I click load it says "Can't read DVD track. Faulty disk?"

    It says this about all my DVDs though.
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    Re: Permission error on DVD playback

    I figured it out.

    I ran this command then I restarted my computer.

    Code:
    gary@gary-laptop:~$ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
    I feel so stupid. O well it works now. Thank you all for your help.
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    Re: Permission error on DVD playback

    rock and roll baby

    rock and roll

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