Can't play DVD's

Mon Nov 3 07:02:05 UTC 2008

On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 20:12 -0500, Mark wrote:
> I am a brand new newbie to this mailing list and am excited about
> Ubuntu. I tried watching a dvd but each time I try, I receive the
> error message "could not read from resource". Anyone have a clue why I
> can't read from the resource? It is not a burned copy of a dvd, it is
> the original dvd.

Are you talking about a commercial, encrypted movie CD? See here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs