norman wrote: >>>>> I have checked and you could well be right. Not only have I not got >>>>> libdvdcss installed I cannot find it with synaptic. Please advise this >>>>> not very computerate old man on what to do. >>>> It should just be: >>>> >>>> sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 >>>> sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh >>>> >>>> But only commercial DVDs are normally scrambled. Wont hurt to give it a >>>> try though. >>>> >>> I have got libdvdread3 installed so, after all that, that is not the >>> problem. I am puzzled and all my Googling has failed, so far, to throw >>> any light on the problem. >>> >> Out of interest, do commercial DVDs play? >> >> I wonder if it's a video codec problem? > > It's not a case of the DVD not playing its the .vob files produced by > ripping not playing. > > Norman > >
If it's a home made DVD (for instance one recorded in a domestic DVD Recorder or DVD Video Camera) then you'll probably find that it isn't encrypted. It might be worth trying dragging and dropping the DVD files from the disc to your hard drive and see if they then play in something like mplayer. Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
