external dvd rewriter

Asked by cindy

someone said you could watch movies on this external dvd rewriter, first i;m not sure if that is true and when i try, it says i need the required software to play this file and that i need to install a suitable codecs to play media files.
this is where i know nothing about that stuff
so, anybody know how and what to instal?
in simple terms please
thankyou

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said :
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What kind of movie that you try to play?

I think it's true, while ubuntu can detect and mount your external dvd

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cindy (dandc25) said :
#2

the movie is one someone burnt for me.

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said :
#3

Can you look the file at your cd/dvd drive from ubuntu, and tell us anything that present on it? ...

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cindy (dandc25) said :
#4

i dont understand. my mini 9 laptop had no drive in it. it jst comes up that i need to add a codec to play movies
sorry, i'm not good at understanding this stuff

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said :
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I mean, plug in the external dvd rewriter first, and check if ubuntu detect your external drive or not ...

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cindy (dandc25) said :
#6

yes, it does. and then the movie screen pops up and it will even say what movie is loaded.

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said :
#7

Can you look the file at your cd/dvd drive from ubuntu, and tell us anything that present on it? ...
Or is there your dvd or disc icon on desktop?

ignoring the movie screen pops up ...

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Tom (tom6) said :
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A codec is a program that translates the movies code into something the OS (Ubuntu in this case) can use. Usually Ubuntu will offer to find the appropriate codec in certain safe locations on the internet. We call the locations the "repositories". You can add or alter the standard repositories and for multimedia apps you almost certainly will need to add some more.

Here's a guide to getting a large range of multimedia apps working on your machine
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

I'm not entirely sure what a codec is either so i may not have been precise enough in what i said but that's roughly the effect they have.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
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Play mp3 and dvd under Ubuntu install skype googleearth acroread and other stuffs using Medibuntu

First please install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

You need to have extra repositories enabled..

Please first enable the universe and multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]

enable "Community-maintained Open Source software ( universe )"
enable "Proprietary drivers for devices ( restricted )"
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"

Close and confirm the repository reload.

Type the following command in a terminal (applications → accessories → terminal)

sudo aptitude install vlc smplayer mplayer

To get better dvd playback and optional packages here the medibuntu available software list http://packages.medibuntu.org/
you need to add the medibuntu http://www.medibuntu.org/ repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
( here the medibuntu howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu but see below )

In short type or better copy and paste the rows, below one row a time then press enter:

ubu_codename=$(sudo lsb_release -c | cut -d: -f 2 | sed 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//')
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$ubu_codename.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

Now to install, type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libxine1-ffmpeg
sudo aptitude install libdvdread3 libdvdnav4 libdvdcss2 regionset gnome-mplayer
sudo aptitude install non-free-codecs w32codecs
sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

You can also install other Medibuntu repository provided optional software http://packages.medibuntu.org/ :

sudo apt-get install skype
sudo apt-get install googleearth
sudo apt-get install acroread

Hope this helps

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