another interesting video problem VLC won't play dvd

Sat May 31 15:53:12 UTC 2008

On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 11:17 -0400, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> I've run across several dvd's that do not work in VLC and Totem.
> Error message from Totem is 'are you trying to run dvd without
> libdvdcss?'   Do I need to download this and if so would you suggest a
> site?   I found many versions on /linux.softpedia.com.  Some are
> debian, others redhat and the other labeled sources mirror one.  What
> should I do?
> 
> Here's the link:
> http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/libdvdcss-Download-165.html

Follow the instructions here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

or, alternatively, these
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#head-57a5050d451985de1b87ea87a3ccc1a4895e57d3