DVD Player not working

[mattygee]

Hi

I have been trying to watch DVDs on my laptop with ubutntu 11.04. Whenever I load a disk it is not readable: error messages come up saying that no decryption software is installed, or that it doesn't have the correct plug in. When I look for plug ins and decryption software I cannot find any available to download.

I tried to find other players, but none seem work.

Any ideas how I get my dvd player working again following my recent switch to ubuntu?

Many thanks

[wolfen69]

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4

then

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

enjoy your movies.

[subchief]

Have you installed the required codecs via synaptic package manager? If not the do so and try to play the dvd again.

[mattygee]

Have you installed the required codecs via synaptic package manager?

I am afraid that comment looks like a foreign language to me....you do need to bare with me as I know nothing about linux. Until now I have used macs all my life and never done any programming whatsoever.However.....

I tried this in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install vlc && \
> sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 && \
> sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

...still didnt work came up as

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?

Is "root" my computer?

Any idiot-proof suggestions as to how I sort this would be appreciated.

thanks.

[mattygee]

After reading other forums, I also tried changing the DVD region setting back to zone 2 as it was with windows. But when I typed into a terminal:

sudo regionset

I was just told "command not found"......

[wildmanne39]

After reading other forums, I also tried changing the DVD region setting back to zone 2 as it was with windows. But when I typed into a terminal:

sudo regionset

I was just told "command not found"......

Hi, first you can only have one instance of an installer program open at a time make sure if the terminal is open that the software center or synaptic is closed. Next when you run the commands in post #2 enter your password after you enter the first command it, will not show it on the screen when you type but it will wait until you enter it.

[subchief]

I am afraid that comment looks like a foreign language to me....you do need to bare with me as I know nothing about linux. Until now I have used macs all my life and never done any programming whatsoever.However.....

I tried this in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install vlc && \
> sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 && \
> sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

...still didnt work came up as

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?

Is "root" my computer?

Any idiot-proof suggestions as to how I sort this would be appreciated.

thanks.

Ok,lemmi give it another go...
close any open windows and applications
-click on the ubuntu button on the top left corner and type synaptic.this will display an application called synaptic package manager.
-click to open that app.enter your adnin pasword when prompted.
-once the app is running,type libdvdread in the searchbox.several app wil be displayed.
-locate dvdread4 and click the checkbox and mark for intallation.
-also type in the searchbox gstreamer0.10 and check the plugins that are displayed.i sugest u select the gstreamer plugins with ugly in the file name.
-next,click on the tick on the menu bar that says apply changes.
-click ok or next on the dialogbox that appears.
-now wait till the installation is done then try to play your dvd.

hope that works!
cheers!

[mattygee]

Thanks for all your help. I have done all the suggestions, and was hopeful that it would work as all appeared to be there and i successfully changed the region code.... BUT still coming up with:

"could not read DVD. this may be because dvd decryption library is not installed"

... seems so complicated for what is usually such an easy function of a computer?

[subchief]

Hey try this links, They should give you more info and help sort out your current predicament.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1737727

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=584384

http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-play-d...r-ubuntu-linux

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-u...-playback-dvd/

If the links don't work just copy and paste the address in your browser and you are good to go!
cheers!!

[mattygee]

Thanks Subchief. Finally I have a working DVD player.

For others consulting this thread for their own troubles, this is what worked in the end... typing this into terminal(for 64 bit laptop):

wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/f...ntu4_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_amd64.deb

However can't say if that was all, you may have to follow all the instructions on this thread.

Thanks again everybody.