trouble reading from dvd

Lowell Kirsh lkirsh at cs.ubc.ca
Fri Feb 18 20:17:11 UTC 2005


I already have all the software necessary. Also, the dvd I'm having 
trouble with is not a dvd like the one you rent from blockbuster, but 
rather a dvd filled with several avi files.

John DeCarlo wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:15:04 -0800, Lowell Kirsh <lkirsh at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> 
>>When I put the dvd in the drive, nautilus automatically opened showing
>>the contents. Each movie has type 'unknown type, and their sizes are all
>>'...' I can't watch any of them. Does anyone know what I might be doing
>>wrong?
> 
> 
> Lowell,
> 
> You should install a DVD movie player, like Xine or Totem.  
> 
> I believe that because the format is not open, it is not included by
> default in Ubuntu.
> 




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