[clug] watch DVD movies with ubuntu 9.04

Ian Bardsley ifb777 at tpg.com.au
Sat Oct 3 17:33:09 MDT 2009


jhock wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday I bought a LG slim portable GP 08 external DVD RW.  I have
> connected it to my Kogan pro e10 which has Ubuntu 9.04 loaded onto it.
> i am able to watch API movie DVDs but when I try to watch a bought DVD,
> eg. Pink Floyd, I get an unknown format error with Totem.
>
> Does any one know if I need to get another library for totem or do I
> need to get another application like realplayer?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> John
>
>   
Have you checked that libdvdcss2 is installed? For some reason it isn't 
included in Ubuntu-Restricted-Extras on Jaunty.

Ian Bardsley


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