Ubuntu
gnome-media package

cannot play dvds

Asked by john crespo

missing plugins

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: nautilus 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 22 19:09:24 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus

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This question was originally filed as bug #680306.

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john crespo (jc327nyc) said : 		#1
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Matthew McCarty (m-tthew-mcc-rty) said : 		#2

This page should help you install the missing plug-in to play a DVD: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

Thanks,
Matthew

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update; sudo apt-get -y install libdvdread4; sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh; sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Should do it

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