newbie: help needed with playing dvd's

[James Takac]

On Monday 10 December 2007 02:39:47 Caleb Marcus wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 08:36 +0000, Robert Ashworth wrote:
> > I have just (fortnight ago) converted from microsoft to ubuntu and
> > therefore don't really know what I'm up to yet but, I have a problem
> > that i need to sort out pertaining to dvd playing.
> >
> > I have followed the instructions about playing dvd's by installing
> > gxine, libdvdnav4,etc and typing commands into the terminal etc but when
> > I try to play anything gxine engine fails to start and I get these
> > messages in the log output:-
> >
> > 08:25:41 AM: xine: found demuxer plugin: image demux plugin
> > 08:25:41 AM: xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> > 08:25:40 AM: xine: cannot find input plugin for MRL [dvd:/]
> > 08:25:40 AM: xine: input plugin cannot open MRL [dvd:/]
> > 08:25:40 AM: xine: found input plugin  : DVD Navigator
> >
> > Please tell me what I have done wrong I need to learn
> >
> > Bob
>
> You need to install libdvdcss2, which isn't in the repositories (some
> people will tell you it is, but that's because they've added 3rd-party
> repos without knowing it.) To install it, type the command <
> sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh > which will install the
> software necessary to read encrypted DVDs.


Hi Caleb

I'd suggest installing libdvdread3 which is in the repositories ;)

James