Playing a DVD

[debian]

On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 16:13 +0000, Ron wrote:
> I have tried all the instructions given by the Ubuntu Help pages to no
> avail.
> 
> I have been able to download 'gxine' but the following are no longer
> recognised:- libdvdnav4 - libdvdplay0 - libdvdread3.
> 
> As I am new to Ubuntu -  (my Windows XP Home Edition was wiped when the
> Ubuntu installation disk was loaded!!!!!!!!!) (any ideas for that as
> well???)  I am feeling the frustration of trying my best and getting
> absolutely nowhere.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 

yah i know how you feel, what i did was i installed vlc player (from the
repository by typing in the terminal "sudo apt-get install vlc"). Then i
went to ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/ubuntu/pool/libdvdcss and
downloaded libdvdcss (which is required to read dvd's). 

And that was it, my dvd's started playing normally.

Note: When you get to the webpage, click on the second link. the first
one is for developers.

hope this helps
--cj


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