First Cup of Ubuntu
If someone could be so kind as to explain why this worked I'd appreciate it. Nice to know that it works, but I'm the type of person that would like to know WHY it worked. What is the CSS in relation to video players? How does it work? Why does a video player need a CSS built?
Ubuntu Member
With the exception of a title here and there most all commercial dvd movies are css encrypted.
Licensed players like powerdvd, windvd, ect. and hardware standalone dvd players have the means to decrypt the content.
Unlicensed and open source players cannot - so they need the assistance of a lib that can - that's what libdvdcss2 does.
Spilled the Beans
Hey, Just wanted to say I had the same problem and I tried these two commands for both my desktop and laptop and now they both work perfectly for DVDs. Thank you very much wojox.Originally Posted by wojox
Spilled the Beans
Hi JRod37,
Just curious- did you ever sort out what was wrong with mplayer? I'm having similar issues with 10.04 where DVDs play just fine with vlc and totem, but do not work with mplayer.
Thanks,
Randall.
Ubuntu Member
The command posted here for mplayer is assuming the main movie (or any 'playable' title) is title 1 (the -v is for verbose terminal output.I'm having similar issues with 10.04 where DVDs play just fine with vlc and totem, but do not work with mplayer.
While quite common it's not assured title 1 is anything that can be played (up to 99 titles are allowed on a dvd movie disk
so
mplayer dvd://1
will only try to play title 1
You could try using a frontend to mplayer like smplayer or gnome-mplayer, both will usually find the main movie title for you.
Or find out the movie or playable extra title # and replace the 1 in the command (if it isn't 1
Or if your mplayer has dvdnav support then this - you control thru the keyboard - look in man mplayer for general keyboard and dvdnav specific controls (near the beginning of the man file
mplayer dvdnav://
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A Carafe of Ubuntu
Hi Folks,
I've had same issue with 10.04 using VLC and MPlayer.
Wojax's solution works perfect. Thank you.
For beginners reading this: You must use the terminal APPLICATIONS/ACCESSORIES/TERMINALCode:
sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
Code:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Rebooting may be necessary.
Be patient and wait for all the processing to complete. Reboot when done.
A Carafe of Ubuntu
hello,
Sorry if this is a bit late but I can't get my home video (copied from my camcorder to a DVD disk on my DVD recorder) to work on the computer. I have Lucid Lynx and libdvdread4 + ubuntu restricted areas packages. I have VLC and can read other DVDs ok. Would this be a codec problem? My recorder says that the result should read like any DVD.
I'll continue to search but have been looking at the documentation etc so far...
Thank s for any help.
LATER:
This worked:
mplayer -v dvd://1this worked mplayer opened the video,thanks Andrew 46!
PS I found out I needed GNOME Mplayer! I was using the other mplayer. I can open the DVD with GNOME mplayer without the terminal command . (useful for beginners to know...)
Last edited by HC48; May 18th, 2011 at 03:47 PM.
Way Too Much Ubuntu
Same problem here
and here is what I get
apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
uh?
Last edited by christon74; August 25th, 2012 at 07:22 PM. Reason: it works! it 's working now! Aaah the mysteries of Ubuntu!
Fedora 39 Workstation
Make sure to use 'sudo' in this case.apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
Or just find the package in the software center.Code:sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
EDIT: This is an old thread. I'm closing it, if you need futher help start a new one or try search for the solution.
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