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Ubuntu Won't Play DVD Movie

Asked by taurus

I have Ubuntu 7.10 and when I insert Scarface, DVD movie, it won't play. It gives me an error message about codecs. What does this mean and how can I get ubuntu to play my DVD movie?

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AreYouEye (areyoueye) said : 		#1

Is this a new install? Are you using totem?

You might have to install the gstreamer plugins. There is probably an easier way to do this, but i prefer the following:

In a Terminal:
sudo apt-get install gst-plugins-base
sudo apt-get install gst-plugins-good
sudo apt-get install gst-plugins-bad
sudo apt-get install gst-plugins-ugly
sudo apt-get install gst-ffmpeg

ugly is probably the only one you will need for DVD play back, but the others are good to have so you wont have to come back here.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Hello Taurus:

This can help you out:

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

Bhavani Shankar.

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Anders Häggström (hagge) said : 		#3

Ubuntu can not play some DVDs because of license/patent conflicts.

There is an unofficiall addon/workaround for Ubuntu to play most of the non-free formats (including mp3 and DVD). The addon is called "Medibuntu" and you can read more about it at http://medibuntu.org/ or https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

There are good howtos there that will help you install support for playing DVDs.

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taurus (taurusxz) said : 		#4

Yes, I am trying to use Totem to play DVD movies. I really don't want to install another player, if I can get away with that. I just want to install the needed codecs for Totem to play my DVDs. I'm not looking to install a bunch of stuff on my computer. Hope you guys can give me feedback based on these specifics that I just gave.

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Best adonet (jeroen-adolfse) said : 		#5

The ogle programm (its in the repos) plays dvd's very well. I installed ogle-mmx and ogle-gui. That's not much for a programm that's working.

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taurus (taurusxz) said : 		#6

thanks guys for your suggestions. actually, i went ahead and installed the needed codecs for totem when prompted to download them. anyway, you guys have been great in responses and hopefully, i can return the favor some day when i know my stuff in ubuntu by helping those in need in like manner.

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taurus (taurusxz) said : 		#7

adonet, i already solved my problem by installing the needed codec in totem when i was prompted to do so. thank you.