DVD Movies in Ubuntu (they won't play)

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asiafish · #1 Post by **asiafish** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:52 am

Anyone know how to make it work? I'm a novice with Linux, so please no geek-speak.

Andrew

kaiser · #2 Post by **kaiser** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:40 am

sorry but it would be against copyright laws to call the name of the library needed to decode dvds protected by css2.

BTW: which Distribution are you using?

edit: ok, dumb /me, should read topics.

asiafish · #3 Post by **asiafish** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:39 pm

Now for the important question, once I get the library, how do I install it? I don't know anything about making files or installers, but to use Linux long-enough to learn this stuff, the ability to watch movies on my laptop is essential, frequent-flyer that I am.

Ultimately, I'd like to reduce my Windows partition on my T42p to about 8GB, just enough for a minimal boot and whatever game I am playing at the time.

Other than the DVD issue, Ubuntu is very promising as it recognized my wifi and ethernet (no modem) and gave both sound and SXGA+ resolution wihtout any tweaking.

Andrew

rossman · #4 Post by **rossman** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:26 pm

Install Xine: http://ubuntuguide.org/#xine-ui
Then install libdvdcss: http://ubuntuguide.org/#dvdplayback

stefan · #5 Post by **stefan** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:17 pm

to install them you have to open up your terminal and then type

apt-get install libdvdcss2

apt-get install "whatever you wan to install"

if you dont know what its called you can run an apt search

apt-cache search dvd

for exmaple

benplaut · #6 Post by **benplaut** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:13 pm

basically, spend an hour on

http://www.ubuntuguide.com

and install everything that looks usefull

DVD Movies in Ubuntu (they won't play)

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