trouble reading from dvd

[Russell Cook]

Bugger! you've exhausted my knowledge of this, I'm not sure why the 
CD/DVD would mount by the directory entries show 0 bytes.....

We'll someone more experienced than I to help out - sorry
Russ


Lowell Kirsh wrote:

> Thanks, but that's still not it. The files don't show up properly in 
> Nautilus. It says the right titles, but says that they're all 0 bytes.
>
> Russell Cook wrote:
>
>> Hi Lowell,
>> you may need to install the libdvdcss2 library to decode encrypted 
>> dvds. This is available from ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/
>>
>> You need to put the following in your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
>>    deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
>>
>> And then go to synaptic, press reload (to load the new repository) 
>> and then search libdvd and you can select install the decoder. I've 
>> also found that for me the gstreamer files don't work with totem. 
>> I've installed xine and it works great.
>>
>> The other file you may need are the DIVX decoders which include a lot 
>> of Windows specific files like MS MPGs etc.
>>
>> Kind Regards Russ
>> www.windsorcycles.com.au
>> (gedit/ubuntu/gFTP)
>>
>>
>>
>> Lowell Kirsh wrote:
>>
>>> 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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