[ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

Sun Mar 2 14:59:14 UTC 2014

On 2 March 2014 14:31, Michael <help at ukcentre.com> wrote:
> VLC, available for Linux and MS Windows, a freeware package, will play a
> DVD, regardless of region coding.

Yes it will, but AFAIK, mostly without the use of hardware
acceleration from the video card, meaning high CPU usage (& battery
drain on laptops) and poor performance on low-end systems.

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