Problem with newer DVD's in ubuntu 10.04 (Video-Player)

[Colin Law]

On 9 September 2010 11:01, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> ...
> What I would suggest is that you firstly clean the DVD with methylated
> spirits (metho) - ie, denatured alcohol - by using a couple of Kleenex
> tissues, rolled into a "ball" and wet with metho, by using a clockwise
> circular motion (if you are right handed or anti-clockwise if left
> handed) as you move over the surface of the DVD. Metho does NOT affect
> the surface coating of the DVD - trust me.

I am sorry, I have to ask, why do you have to go the opposite
direction if you are left handed?  I cannot see that the DVD can tell
which hand you are holding it in and which you are cleaning with.
Clockwise is clockwise whichever hand you use.

Colin