VLC or Totem under WUBI 8.10 fail

[Mark H. Nichols]

I am experimenting with 8.10 via Wubi on a ThinkPad Z60m prior to  
backing up my personal data, formatting the drive, and installing  
Ubuntu as the sole operating system on that machine.

So far I have been unable to get DVD playback to work.  I've tried  
multiple movies using Totem, and always get the same error, "unable  
to read source."  Last evening I installed VLC (sudo apt-get install  
vlc) and also libdvdcss2, but was unable to view any DVD I tried.   
VLC just doesn't work, no error messages are displayed.

Is there a "feature" in Wubi that prevents DVD playback?  I really  
want to convert this machine from XP to Ubuntu, but from time to time  
it is pressed into service as a DVD player, and I want some assurance  
I'll be able to use it that way.

tia,
Mark

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mark nichols
Registered Linux User # 458073




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