Can't play DVD movies

[Ryan Gauger]

You might try installing the Ubuntu Restricted Extras package.

On Jun 17, 2012, at 11:47 AM, jimmckenzie at earthlink.net wrote:

> VLC gives me this message
> 
> Playback failure:
> DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".
> Your input can't be opened:
> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.
> Playback failure:
> DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".
> Your input can't be opened:
> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.
> Playback failure:
> DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd".
> Your input can't be opened:
> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for details.
> 
> I was trying to play Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring. The basic dvd version, nothing fancy, not the Blu-Ray version. 
> 
> I don't know what else to tell you.
> 
> Any/All help will be appreciated.
> 
> Thank You
> 
> 
> 
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