Did you install the restricted codex? They can be found here. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
** Description changed: The software screen opens and display only a black screen, and below displays "playing 0:00 / 0:00, don,t run the disk and don't show nothin about the movie, and don't display any massage of error. The player - simply does nothing. Iwant another alternative player. TOTEM is SHIT. + simply does nothing. I want another alternative player. TOTEM is a fail. >:-( - THERES NOT PHISICAL PROBLEM IN THE dvd DRIVER, BECAUSE IN THE OTHER + THERES NOT PHYSICAL PROBLEM IN THE dvd DRIVER, BECAUSE IN THE OTHER PARTITION I HAVE WINDOWS XP, AND THE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER WORKS DVD WELL. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: totem 3.0.1-0ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-27.44-generic 3.0.45 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-27-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Nov 24 12:42:11 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: totem UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-11-13 (10 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1082676 Title: DVD don't play, and still stoped. Not shows any message. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/1082676/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs