playing dvd

[Karl Larsen]

norman wrote:
> I use Ubuntu 8.04.1 and would like to be able to play ordinary DVDs.
> When I load a disc, Totem opens, the DVD starts to play and then an
> error message, suggesting that libdvdcss is not installed, appears
> however, it is. On my recently purchased Dell Inspiron 1525 there is a
> piece of software called LinDVD, which does play an ordinary DVD. I have
> checked, using Synaptic, but it does not appear on my desktop computer.
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> I would be most grateful for any suggestions you can help me with.
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> Norman 
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    Totem has some problems. I have it set up to show DVD movies but it 
is not very nice. I much prefer the VLC server you can get with 
Simpatic  that is a better viewer. By better I mean it lets me use all 
the features in the DVD.

Karl


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