Noob Installed libdvdcss2 but movie players won't work

[unckybob]

Installed libdvdcss2, it made k9copy work. Then installed Kaffeine, Movie Player, MPlayer, and VLC and none of them will work. I installed them just as it says in

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

Please help a noob.

Bob

[presence1960]

Medibutu stands for Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu and is a repository of packages that cannot be included in Ubuntu due to legal reasons. We need to add this repository to enable MP3, DVD playback, install certain codecs etc.

Take a terminal and enter:


sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

Now we’ll enable all repositories (including Universe and Multiverse repositories) that Ubuntu provides. Take a terminal and enter:


sudo sed -i -e "s/# deb/deb/g" /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get update

Change the red word to the release you are using, i.e. hardy, intrepid or jaunty.

Playing MP3, WMA, Real and Apple QuickTime Files in Ubuntu.
Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:

For a 32 bit machine:

sudo apt-get install w32codecs

For a 64 bit machine:

sudo apt-get install w64codecs

For a PPC machine:

sudo apt-get install ppc-codecs

[unckybob]

Wow, thanks for a really concise response. Unfortunately I didn't type in everything correctly. The first line I typed in:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt_get update

Note the underscore instead of the - in the very last command. After realizing that I typed in:

sudo apt-get update

And then I typed the second command you recommended. Then I opened up Movie Player and it said:

"Totem cannot play this type of media (DVD) because it does not have the appropriate plugins to be able to read from the disc."

[presence1960]

I am not familiar with totem, but it should ask you to download the plugins. if it doesn't look in the menu bar of totem for a plugin menu. Sorry I can't be of further help.

P.S. Go to System > it is either Preferences or Administration > Software Sources. Go to the Third party tab and make sure both medibuntu sources are checked. I am not in Ubuntu right now as I am logged into my Sabayon linux currently, so I can't look to be exactly sure.

Also you can copy & paste commands from the forum into the terminal so you don't mess up.

[unckybob]

Thanks again for getting back to me so quickly.

There is a plugins option in the menus. I activated all of them:

BBC content viewer
infrared Remote Control
Jamendo
Local Search
Python Console
Subtitles Downloader
Thumnail
Video Disc Recorder
YouTube Browser

Also, I have

Kaffeine,
Mplayer, and
VLC

installed. I don't know if it's relevant, but when I startup Kaffeine and VLC the disk drive starts humming and won't stop unless I manually open it and then close it again.

[unckybob]

Thanks again for getting back to me so quickly.

There is a plugins option in the menus. I activated all of them:

BBC content viewer
infrared Remote Control
Jamendo
Local Search
Python Console
Subtitles Downloader
Thumnail
Video Disc Recorder
YouTube Browser

I did as you said. One of the Medibuntu options wasn't checked. I checked it, then it downloaded and installed them. Same thing with Totem. Said I needed plugins. Also, I have

Kaffeine,
Mplayer, and
VLC

installed. I don't know if it's relevant, but when I startup Kaffeine and VLC the disk drive starts humming and won't stop unless I manually open it and then close it again.

[unckybob]

Hey, I was looking in

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site%3Ahelp.ubuntu.com+Totem+plugins+-Firefox&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

and what seemed to get him working was to uninstall everything having to do with libdvdss and then reinstall it. I installed libdvdcss2. How do I uninstall, I've never done that before.

[unckybob]

Did a reboot. Mplayer searched for a plugin, didn't find it. Still says it doesn't have the necessary plugin.

[presence1960]

Did a reboot. Mplayer searched for a plugin, didn't find it. Still says it doesn't have the necessary plugin.

did you go to Software sources as I mention above and make sure both medibuntu ( free & non-free) are checked? The plugins you need are non-free I believe. They are not enabled by default. I am still in Sabayon Linux but I know you can find Software Sources either in System > preferences or System > Administration.

[unckybob]

All these are checked:

http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuutu jaunty partner (Source Code)
Medibuntu - Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty jackalope" free non-free
Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty jackalobe" free non-free (Source Code)

[unckybob]

Yes, I went to "Software Sources" under "Administration" and both "free" and "non-free" Medibuntu sources are checked.