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    Play DVDs

    Here is one to prove how much of a noobie I am...

    What do you recommend for playing DVDs (commercial movies on DVDs)?

    - Abigsky
    Windows Server Engineer by day,<br />Kubuntu junky by night.

    #2
    Re: Play DVDs

    I like VLC, mplayer,and xine...........but eney of them will do once you have libdvdcss2 .......for all your medea neads look .....and read carfuley.......hear

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683

    VINNY
    i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
    16GB RAM
    Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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      #3
      Re: Play DVDs

      I'm also now using VLC. I definitely prefer it over Dragon Player.
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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        #4
        Re: Play DVDs

        I went to the link you gave but libdvdcss2 won't load. Here is the error message I get"

        :~$ sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
        [sudo] password for <xxxx>:
        Reading package lists... Done
        Building dependency tree
        Reading state information... Done
        Package libdvdcss2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
        This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
        is only available from another source
        E: Package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate

        So, am I missing a package or source, and how do I fix that?

        - Abigsky
        Windows Server Engineer by day,<br />Kubuntu junky by night.

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          #5
          Re: Play DVDs

          In a console type:
          Code:
          dpkg-query -l 'libdvdcss*'
          This will list all matching packages. The one that begins ii is the one you have installed.
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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            #6
            Re: Play DVDs

            did you forget this part?

            sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update

            that add's the medibuntu repo and the key then your install will work

            ps allways do sudo apt-get update first to update the avalable packages..........or you wont see them.

            VINNY
            i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
            16GB RAM
            Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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              #7
              Re: Play DVDs

              I ran the dpkg-query, but it left me feeling like my system had given the the bird...


              :~$ sudo dpkg-query -l 'libdvdcss*'
              Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
              | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
              |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
              ||/ Name Version Description
              +++-===================-===================-
              un libdvdcss <none> (no description available)
              un libdvdcss2 <none> (no description available)
              Windows Server Engineer by day,<br />Kubuntu junky by night.

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                #8
                Re: Play DVDs

                Thanks Vinny, that worked

                Enemy at the Gates is playing nicely

                -Abigsky
                Windows Server Engineer by day,<br />Kubuntu junky by night.

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                  #9
                  Re: Play DVDs

                  you'r welcome

                  VINNY
                  i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
                  16GB RAM
                  Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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