[Fwd: Re: DVD Playback]

[Rick Chagouri-Brindle]

Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> On Sunday 21 May 2006 10:42 am, Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote:
>   
>> Thilo Six wrote:
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>>> Rick Chagouri-Brindle wrote the following on 21.05.2006 16:43:
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>>>> I am regularly getting the "The source seems encrypted, and can't be
>>>> read. Are you trying to play an encrypted DVD without libdvdcss?" error
>>>> message even though I have libdvdcss installed.  It doesn't happen at
>>>> once, but kicks in when I am usually at least three-quarters of the way
>>>> through the programme.
>>>>
>>>> I am using the latest Dapper release, full upgraded . . .
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?  Thanks !
>>>>         
>> Check:
> 1.  The DVD Rom drive.  It could be having a problem reading DVDs.
> 2.  The Cache settings in the player software.  This made a HUGE difference 
> for me.  The problem is that its been working for so long, I can't direct you 
> to how to find it.
>
> If you can play the DVDs in another machine, I would be your having some 
> hardware issues.  I use the same version as you and have had no problems 
> playing DVDs.  
>
>   
Thanks for your thoughts, but no joy, I'm afraid.

1) Reads DVDs perfectly under Kubuntu Breezy and WindowsXP
2) I'm not sure how to check this, but I will do some investigating, 
thanks!!!

I can't see how it can be purely hardware issues, because everything 
worked perfectly under Breezy and Windows.

Perhaps it is something in Dapper that doesn't like my brand off DVD drives?