playing dvds in ubuntu

[geek113377]

does anybody know a good program for playing dvds in ubuntu? the default movie player that comes with ubuntu has MAJOR problems with menus/titles, so i was wondering if any of you can recommend a program for playing dvds.

[cgb]

I like Vlc Media Player the most. It is in the repositories.

[StephenWoods69]

Hi,
I just installed VLC media player and have found it very good.
To install open System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager
and search for VLC.
If you decide to install it then you can set VLC up to load when you insert a DVD by opening Places->Home Folder->Edit->Preferences->Media tab
Then under media handling select the drop down for DVD video and select Open VLC media player.
VLC will then auto-play when you install a DVD.

Hope this helps.

[geek113377]

thanks. i will try this as soon as i can get my ubuntu working. i am having trouble booting

[zoglesby]

If you don't mind paying a little money Fluendo's DVD player works great. Its fully licensed and supports Dolby Digital.

http://www.fluendo.com/shop/product/fluendo-dvd-player/

If you are looking for a free application then VLC is by far the best.

[little_penguin]

Smplayer is another nice media player that supports DVD menus:

http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

[alfu]

I have just upgraded to 9.10 (had to -- 9.04 would no longer boot) and to my surprise, the default Movie Player STILL does not play DVDs, .MPEGs nor .WMV files on my Toshiba laptop.

Nor does the ever-present Update Manager seem to have a clue this situation exists, nor fixes it. Wierd.

I guess I shouldn't have been surprised. In trying the O/S from the Live CD, playing the sample file locked Movie Player up and I had to pull the plug.

I did have the VLC player installed in 9.04, and it was much better in every respect. Guess I will have to re-install it.