trouble reading from dvd

[Lowell Kirsh]

I just tried another dvd. It works. My problem seems to be particular to 
one dvd. I still don't get it. It works fine under windows.

Bob Nielsen wrote:
> 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.
>>>
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