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vonlocof
June 24th, 2006, 02:44 PM
whats a good dvd player to run and use....

just trying to play some dvd's and not succeding very well
bruce89
June 24th, 2006, 02:46 PM
VLC handles pretty much anything you throw at it. If you haven't installed libdvdcss2, see here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats#head-38508785e53c611dde1859232189b2e823135eb9
taurus
June 24th, 2006, 02:47 PM
I would have to say vlc and make sure you have installed all the codecs... You can do that with Automatix.
Azrael
June 24th, 2006, 02:49 PM
VLC handles pretty much anything you throw at it.
VLC < Mplayer :evil:
bruce89
June 24th, 2006, 02:49 PM
VLC < Mplayer :evil:
It's a matter of choice really, Mplayer and VLC are both fine.
gingermark
June 24th, 2006, 02:52 PM
I personally like xine-ui.
Azrael
June 24th, 2006, 02:52 PM
It's a matter of choice really, Mplayer and VLC are both fine.Alright. :(
Kouya
June 24th, 2006, 03:15 PM
I personally like xine-ui.

agreed! i love the 'f' and 'g' shortcuts...
gingermark
June 24th, 2006, 03:24 PM
agreed! i love the 'f' and 'g' shortcuts...
Don't forget 'Alt+E' !!! :D
Tazix
June 24th, 2006, 05:06 PM
I use Xine-ui as well.

Anyway... it doesn't really matter what player you use.... none of them will work on a commercial dvd without libdvdcss2.

I went to VideoLan to get the latest version.

http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/

Click link that says "releases"
Click 1.2.9 (Or whatever is the latest version)
Click deb/
Click libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1_i386.deb (Or whatever the latest version is)
After it downloads, open your file manager and double click it. The package manager of Ubuntu or Kubuntu should come up for intalling it (I think).... in Xubuntu you right click and open with GDebi.

-Taz