Vlc won't play DVD's on Ubuntu, or Kubuntu Intrepid

[Karl F. Larsen]

(``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo wrote:
> Olá Nigel e a todos.
>
> This should be sent to ubuntu-users.
> So please reply only there.
>
> On Tuesday 03 February 2009 17:23:40 Nigel Henry wrote:
>   
>> I have vlc installed on both my Ubuntu, and Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10 installs, 
>> but vlc will not play dvd's. It finds the optical drive ok, and I get the 
>> menu up for the dvd, but only about a half second of sound, and video play, 
>> then it stalls. If I press on play the movie, again I get about a half second 
>> of sound and video, then the movie stops playing. If I move the progress bar, 
>> I can move through the movie, but again when I stop moving it, another 
>> snippet of sound and video, and all I have is effectively a still shot, with 
>> no sound.
>>     
>
> You need to install ubuntu-restricted-extras.
> There is a bug opened on Launchpad about VLC not asking for the codecs.
>
>
>   
>> I then enabled the Hardy Multiverse repo, and installed the Hardy version of 
>> vlc 0.8.6a janus (wxWidgets Interface) on Kubuntu Intrepid, which plays dvd's 
>> with no problem.
>>     
>
> Was it Hardy or Interpid?
>
>   
    On both Hardy and Intrepid you need a special for DVD codex which is 
a library file, but I forget the name of it. I think you can apt-get 
install it if you have the registries set up on your computer.

Karl


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