Movie issue

[Glenn J. Mason]

Unfortunately, most commercial DVDs are encrypted with a (weak) algorithm
called "CSS".  Take a look at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

On 17/08/06, Patrick Newberry <PNewberry at habitat.org> wrote:
>
>  Just got Ubuntu installed on a "newer" machine. Wow, it great too.
> previously I had it installed on a older pieced together machine from parts
> laying around the house.
>
> Any, I degress..
>
> Now that I have all this new found speed my wife ask me if we could see a
> move on the machine. Of  course  I would never have attempted this before
> since the dang machine was just good enough to check email and do some
> surfing.
>
> So  I pop in a DVD (store bought, legal, please don't send me no letters
> RIAA.)
>
> Anyway, I pop in the dvd and pull up Totem.
>
> When I try to load the dvd it states:
>
> "Totem was not able to play this disk"
> "Please check that a disk is present in the drive"   -> with an ok button
> at the bottom.
>
>
> If I put the same dvd in my (office machine, not purchased by me) windows
> 2000 lap top it plays no problem.
>
> Is this a case of the drive in my Ubuntu can't handle DVD's?
> or
> Totem can't handle that type of format
>
> Thanks
>
> Pat
> www.gypsyfarm.com
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Glenn J. Mason - "Glennji"
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