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CD/DVD sata cannot load Video files

Asked by Ted Baker

Ubuntu 9.04 works very well but just discovered I cannot play a DVD Video. Error is cannot mount file.My HP Pavilion dv6000 Entertainment Laptop has sata not ide drives. CD and DVD Data discs can be read OK. From what I have been able to determine from Google searches, there appears to be a problem with sata DVD/CD drives. This is my first serious attempt to swing over to a Linux system and I was very with the 9.04 version.
I would appreciate any help with this Problem.
Ted Baker <email address hidden>

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Best Al Butler (al-butler) said : 		#1

do you have libdvdcss2 installed? (it does not install by default) You will require this to play DVD video whatever type of drive you are using.

Try this in a command line terminal:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4

I also recommend using VLC to play DVD video

To install VLC:
Open Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager). In Settings -> Repositories, make sure you have a "multiverse" repository activated.

Search for vlc and install it. You should also install vlc-plugin-esd, mozilla-plugin-vlc.

Let me know if that works

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Ted Baker (va3fg-softmail) said : 		#2

Thanks Al Butler, that solved my question.