trouble reading from dvd

[Bob Nielsen]

They should still be viewable with totem, mplayer, xine, vlc, etc.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 12:17:11PM -0800, Lowell Kirsh wrote:
> 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.
> >