[Chester LUG] Ubuntu DVD playback

[Michael Crilly]

You may need to install the dvdnav library that enables DVD players to play
DVD's with a menu.

On 4/26/08, Paul Williams <wilp4a at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Glad to hear its working.  I've checked, I can play dvds with totem (still
> haven't got the hang of VLC!), but no menus.  Any ideas?
>
> > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:31:19 +0100
> > To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Ubuntu DVD playback
> > From: e-mail at mcrilly.co.uk
> >
> > Paul Williams wrote:
> > > I have full dvd playback available in ubuntu hardy with totem. I
> > > can't remember exactly how I did it. I know i searched for codecs on
> > > the net and some fellow posted something about grabbing Gstreamer
> > > plugins from the restricted repositories.
> > >
> > > All I can find is: Totem Movie Player 2.22.1 Using Gstreamer and
> > > gnome. If you can tell me how I can look for the plugin I'm using,
> > > I'll post.
> > >
> > > This probably doesn't help much, but hey ho!
> > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:38:16 +0100
> > > > To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > > From: e-mail at mcrilly.co.uk
> > > > Subject: [Chester LUG] Ubuntu DVD playback
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > So I decided to give Ubuntu a try (the latest release, of course)
> > > > and yes, it's nice. I like the fact it uses FF3-beta, for one.
> However,
> > > > I have a headache from trying to get DVD playback working. I've
> > > > installed the restricted media repository, libdvdcss, mplayer, gxine,
> > > > the lot... Totem can now play wmv's (that's my porn sorted), AVIs and
> > > > even videos from YouTube using the YouTube plugin... but not DVDs.
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be great. I've read a lot of guides on the 'net, to
> > > no avail.
> > > >
> > > > - mc
> > > >
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> > Hi,
> >
> > Well thanks for the reply. I actually managed to get it working. I
> > added the medibuntu repository and installed libdvdcss3 and VLC and
> > mplayer were more than happy to play DVDs then. Although, the hue
> > setting was completely out of whack. I had to set the hue to 360 in VLC
> > and bring it down in mplayer by pressing and holding '5'.
> >
> > - mc
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