What version of ubuntu are you running? DVD playback is not supported out of the box if youre using Gutsy..but there's a fix for this
run this script #sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh if this doesnt work..run this script below then run the script above again.. #sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 If you get messages that the css key can not be found you may set the regioncode of your optical drive #sudo apt-get install regionset #sudo regionset Then follow the instructions... Also, if you get a message like "C compiler cannot create executables" #sudo apt-get install build-essential I think this may apply for other ubuntu versions as well..... On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Gerald Quimpo < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got several DVDs (all original, one disney cartoon and two BBC nature > documentaries) that I can't view in Linux. They work very well in > Windows. > There are scratches on the disney DVD, but the BBC documentaries have very > few scratches. > > Does anyone know why this happens? On ubuntu, the DVD doesn't even mount. > When I pop the DVD in, the DVD drive makes some noise for a while, X > freezes > for a bit, and then sometimes it unfreezes (takes a long time). If it > doesn't unfreeze, or I just get tired of waiting, I press the button on > the > DVD player to eject it. > > If it matters, I'm in New Zealand and I think the DVDs have some sort of > Australia/New Zealand region coding. I'm able to watch the DVDs on my > wife's > windows partition, but I'd like to view it in linux (either on her > laptop's > linux partition, or on my own laptop). > > tiger > > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://bopolissimus.blogspot.com http://monotrematica.blogspot.com > Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true. > -- Niels Bohr > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://bopolissimus.blogspot.com http://monotrematica.blogspot.com > My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to > say, and then to say it with the utmost levity. > -- George Bernard Shaw > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- "Children are good philosophers" Registered Linux user# 407910 ID# 10331107 http://www.box.net/public/s857a34zz1
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