[clug] Solved watch DVD movies with ubuntu 9.04

[jhock]

Hi All,

Thanks to all for your prompt replies both on and off line.  The
solution was available  at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

Thanks again to all for your help. This list is fantastic.


John

On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 10:41 +1100, jhock wrote:
> Hi Ian and Denise,
> 
> Thanks for your prompt reply.
> 
> I tried to load libdvdcss2 using:
> 
> sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
> 
> and got the following message:
> 
> "
> Package libdvdcss2 is not available, but is referred to by another
> package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted,
> or is only available from another source.
> "
> 
> This is where my limited knowledge failed. ;--) I have no idea what to
> do next.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> John
> 
> On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 10:33 +1100, Ian Bardsley wrote:
> > 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
>