DVD will not play with Kaffeine

[Knapp]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Paul Lemmons <paul at lemmons.name> wrote:
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: DVD will not play with Kaffeine
> From: Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com>
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: 12/11/2009 01:38 PM
>> I just upgraded to KDE 4 and 9.10 and am having this problem that the
>> disks will not play with most of the players but does work with one.
>> When I put the disk in the little menu pops up and asks me if I would
>> like to play DVD with Kaffeine. I click OK and then it pops up with a
>> message saying, "Can not find input plugin for MRL:[dvd:/]
>>
>> I don't even know where to start with fixing this problem.
>> It will play with VLC and it will play, if I boot with 8.04 and use kaffeine.
>>
>> Thanks all.
>>
> The place to start is google....
>
> I entered your message and got a number of hits. Take a look at:
>
> http://ubuntugenius.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/fix-cannot-find-input-plugin-for-mrl-dvd-error-in-kaffeine-mplayer-other-media-players-in-ubuntu/

That is what I get for trying to debug something after 9 hours of
work. At that point I just can't think. BTW restricted extras would
not be the problem because I said it works in VLC.


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Douglas E Knapp

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