Can't play unencrypted DVDs

[Paul S]

Matthew Flaschen said the following on 05/26/2007 11:15 PM:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> I am trying to figure out why unencrypted DVDs won't play directly from
>> the disc.  I can play them after copying them to my computer with
>> dvdauthor.
> 
> I got it mostly working with:
> 
> vlc dvd:///media/cdrom
> 
> However, the menu displays only for an instant, but then the video
> starts before I can choose anything.
> 
> Also, I would still would appreciate help with Kaffeine (though I find
> VLC much less buggy in general).
> 

make sure you install libxine1-ffmpeg to get kaffeine to work.  Then it 
should just work.