[Gloucs] Playing Video DVDs.

[Sean Keeney]

VLC in the repos I think has libdvdcss taken out.

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

<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs>Google is
your friend :)

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:31 PM, GEOFF BAGLEY <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com>wrote:

> Hi Matthew.
> Thanks for mail.
>
> I firstly tried my other machine (Debian GNU/Linux Lenny) which already has
> VLC installed.  "Access denied to /media/cdrom0"
> I then mounted the disk at /mnt  and tried copying the files to Desktop.
> I had no luck there,  so went back to Ubuntu.
>
> I installed vlc (and numerous other files together).  Still no joy.
> I could hear the disk being read,  but nothing on the Desktop in the normal
> manner.
>
> Still trying.
> I guess this disk may have DRM.
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 8/6/10, Matthew Phillips <phillips321 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Matthew Phillips <phillips321 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Playing Video DVDs.
> > To: "Gloucestershire LUG" <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Date: Tuesday, 8 June, 2010, 17:47
> > sudo apt-get install vlc
> >
> > Then try playing using vlc media player. I use it for all
> > my movies.
> >
> > Matthew Phillips
> > M: 07818 233332
> > E: phillips321 at gmail.com
> > Sent from iPhone
> >
> > On 8 Jun 2010, at 17:43, Bob Wilkinson <rwilkinson at messagelabs.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 05:34:09PM +0100, Geoff Bagley
> > wrote:
> > >> I wish to play,  for my own viewing,
> > commercial Video DVDs on my
> > >> Ubuntu
> > >> Lucid (amd64)  laptop.
> > >>
> > >> It appears to be forbidden.
> > >
> > > How so?
> > >
> > >> I do not wish to "rip"  or copy my (fully
> > paid for)  DVDs.
> > >>
> > >> Any suggestions ?
> > >
> > > What error messages are seen?
> > >
> > >> Geoff
> > >
> > > Bob
> > > --
> > > "Of course power tools and alcohol don't mix.
> > Everyone knows power
> > > tools aren't
> > > soluble in alcohol..."
> > >        -- Crazy Nigel
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