Play DVDs

[abigsky]

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

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

- Abigsky

[vinnywright]

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

[Snowhog]

Re: Play DVDs

I'm also now using VLC. I definitely prefer it over Dragon Player.

[abigsky]

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

[Snowhog]

Re: Play DVDs

In a console type:

dpkg-query -l 'libdvdcss*'

This will list all matching packages. The one that begins ii is the one you have installed.

[vinnywright]

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

[abigsky]

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)

[abigsky]

Re: Play DVDs

Thanks Vinny, that worked

Enemy at the Gates is playing nicely

-Abigsky

[vinnywright]

Re: Play DVDs

you'r welcome

VINNY