Dragon Player doesn't see my DVD 'source'?

[Snowhog]

KDE 4.8.1 (as of this morning).
Medibuntu repository was added on March 8, 2012, and the packages libdvdcss2 and w64codecs were installed.

Dragon Player does not 'see' DVDs when loaded. The Device Notifier sees them and offers me the choice to 'Open with video Player (Dragon Player)', which when selected, launches Dragon Player, but not the movie. I have to choices in Dragon Player: Play File and Play Disc. If I click on Play Disc a pop-up window appears from QApt Codec Search:

The following plugin is required:

• DVD source

Do you want to search for this now?

Clicking on the Search button results in nothing, i.e., no such plugin is found or installed. The search just finishes and the window closes.
So, is it possible at this time, to play commercial DVDs in Precise on an AMD64 installation?

[blobfish]

maybe

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

[Snowhog]

That isn't necessary when using the Medibuntu repository and installing the two packages I identified. However, I have 'solved' the problem by installing ubuntu-restricted-extras. I'm sure that if I knew exactly which packages/libraries I needed that this package brings in, I could have installed just those, and avoided the 'extra' baggage. Even so, ubuntu-restricted-extras doesn't bring in a huge number of packages:

The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libavcodec53 libavutil51
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apport-hooks-medibuntu cabextract freepats gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
  gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly liba52-0.7.4
  libass4 libavcodec-extra-53 libavutil-extra-51 libcdaudio1 libcdio13
  libcelt0-0 libdca0 libdirac-encoder0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libdvdnav4
  libdvdread4 libenca0 libfaac0 libfaad2 libfftw3-3 libflite1 libgme0
  libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0 libkate1 libmad0 libmimic0 libmjpegtools-1.9
  libmms0 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libmpeg2-4 libofa0 liboil0.3 libopenal-data
  libopenal1 libopencore-amrnb0 libopencore-amrwb0 libopenjpeg2 libquicktime2
  libsidplay1 libslv2-9 libsoundtouch0 libspandsp2 libts-0.0-0 libtwolame0
  libvo-aacenc0 libvo-amrwbenc0 libwildmidi-config libwildmidi1 libx264-120
  libxvidcore4 libzbar0 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 tsconf
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer ubuntu-restricted-addons ubuntu-restricted-extras
  unrar
0 upgraded, 63 newly installed, 2 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

DVDs play, and that's what counts.

[GreyGeek]

Interesting. I had installed the "restricted extras" but *assumed* that they would play a DVD. I stuck in Grand Torino just to try it out. It wouldn't play! :eek:

I installed Medibuntu and now all is well in the garden!

I've had Precise running on this machine since Jan 3rd. Shows how often I watch DVD movies.

[vw72]

Interesting. I had installed the "restricted extras" but *assumed* that they would play a DVD. I stuck in Grand Torino just to try it out. It wouldn't play! :eek:

I installed Medibuntu and now all is well in the garden!

I've had Precise running on this machine since Jan 3rd. Shows how often I watch DVD movies.

Installing "restricted extras" does not automatically install the dvd viewing capability because of restrictions in certain countries. To add it, after installing restricted extras, open a terminal and run: sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

That will download and install the dvd decryption necessary to view dvds. Since you must manually do it, Canonical is not liable for distributing it as part of their repository.

[woodsmoke]

To several posters.

Yep, there is a lot more to "restricted extras" than used to be there!! lol

And, yes since "certain countries" well.........ONE country, that is building a "digital" "bamboo/iron" curtain around itself, yes, indeedy what vw72 posted is probably needed.

I do not look forward to when even that won't work. That is why......even back in Xandros days.....and when a "certain fellow" literally sent me the correct "stuff" as an attachment on an e-mail..... I keep this "stuff" on a cd.

woodsmoke

[capt-zero]

vw72,

Thanx for the tip. I installed 11.10 two weeks ago and the media player problem was the only thing keeping me from deleting Mr. Gates meal ticket from my system. I upgraded to 12.04 last night, but vlc still wouldn't play commercial dvds, but when I used your command from the terminal, it works now like a champ! I guess I'll have to find something else to complain about now. With Precise though, that won't be easy.

capt-zero