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

[Karl F. Larsen]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Friday 06 February 2009 08:30, Mario Vukelic wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 22:06 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
>>     
>>> Which package exactly is the one the one
>>> that hopefully will resolve my vlc problem.
>>>       
>> See here for details:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
>>     
>
> Hi Mario.
>
> I've already got the libdvdcss2 package installed, and as I said on my 
> previous post, Kaffeine, Xine, Totem, and Ogle play dvd's ok on Intrepid, and 
> also the Hardy version of vlc plays dvd's ok on Intrepid. I'ts only the 
> Intrepid version of vlc which is having problems.
>
> Since I installed the bunch of packages that came with 
> ubuntu-restricted-extras, Intrepids vlc plays for a bit longer before coming 
> to a stop. For example, the menu, which is a bit like a trailer, plays for 6 
> secs, then the sound starts to break up, and at 9secs the video goes static, 
> and the sound stops. Vlc appears to be still running the trailer though, as 
> the progress bar is moving, the time is still clocking up seconds, the 
> harddrive is showing activity, and the light on the optical drive is going on 
> and off every half second or so. If I advance the progress bar, it again will 
> play a few secs of sound and video, then stops again.
>
> If I slow the playback down to half speed, the trailer plays right through, 
> then repeats, with no problem. It just won't play at normal speed.
>
> Nigel.
>
>   
    This sounds like a problem not with the codex but with the actual 
VLC software. Or it is not being read of the DVD properly. I would 
remove the current VLC software and reload it. My 8.10 with Gnome works 
just fine.

Karl


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