[ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

[Michael]

On 02/03/14 00:09, Daniel Llewellyn wrote:
> Andres,
>
> www.fluendo.com <http://www.fluendo.com>
>
> fluendo dvd player is a proprietary product which can play DVDs. 
> Fluendo also do a pack of "codecs" which include among others a plugin 
> for Windows Media format (unencrypted only). The codecs work for any 
> gstreamer-based player but not others such as mplayer, vlc or xine. 
> Also the DVD player is a separate app which doesn't enable DVD 
> playback in totem or any other player which you may prefer :-(.
>
>
> On 1 March 2014 23:02, Andres <a75576 at alumni.tecnun.es 
> <mailto:a75576 at alumni.tecnun.es>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>     I got some DVDs from my local library disney or disney type films.
>     Fairly recent and old ones.
>
>     Started reading:
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
>
>     Is libdvdcss2 legal un uk?
>
>     Is there a payable pakage I need install? I seem to recall one of
>     the first things you could buy in the software centre* had
>     something to do with this, f(...) something? Might be an option to
>     buying a new DVD.
>
>
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> Daniel Llewellyn
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>
VLC, available for Linux and MS Windows, a freeware package, will play a 
DVD, regardless of region coding.
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