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totem movie layer or VLC won't open in 10.04

Asked by Thomas Vitale

*** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in /build/buildd/libdvdread-4.1.3/src/ifo_read.c:2124 ***
*** for data[i] + VTS_ATTRIBUTES_MIN_SIZE < vts_atrt->last_byte + 1 ***

That is the error message I got in Terminal.
I have reinstalled VLC. (video Lan)
Totem or Brasero won't play or read a commercial movie on a DVD.
Thank you "tv"
ubuntu 10.04 installed alongside windows XP Pro in its own partition just yesterday and friday.
I accidentally deleted the partition and lost it. I had by fate found whatever codecs I was missing on Friday and got both totem and VLC working. But now, I cannot get it back.
pentiumIV 2.8 Ghz
2.0 GB RAM
80GB western digital hard drive
Iomega DVD burner
Iomega Zip CD burner
Everything is healthy.
Windows works fine with this system.

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Thomas Vitale (tajv2005) said : 		#1

* error typing: totem movie player *

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Did you install ubuntu-restricted-extras?
Are you fully updated?
Did you install libdvdcss2 from the medibuntu repo?

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Thomas Vitale (tajv2005) said : 		#3

Also: terminal will not accept my password !!??
My password is accepted everywhere else in ubuntu !!
Thank you again!

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Thomas Vitale (tajv2005) said : 		#4

to action parsnip:
Did you install ubuntu-restricted-extras? Yes!
Are you fully updated? Yes, I believe so. I updated yesterday and it is a new instal.
Did you install libdvdcss2 from the medibuntu repo? I do not know how to do this; It is the answer, I think?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Ubuntu does not ship with libdvdcss2 which is needed to play commercial DVDs. This is to accommodate all the weird and wonderful diversities in multimedia laws but is easily installed:

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 install -y libdvdcss2; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This was mainly from:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

But I added the command to install the codec for you. The terminal does not give ANY feedback when you type passwords so just keep typing and it WILL work.

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Thomas Vitale (tajv2005) said : 		#6

st 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 install -y libdvdcss2; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
The program 'udo' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install udo
[sudo] password for tv:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libdvdcss2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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That is what I got. I did what you said about the password. that much worked ! :)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

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

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Thomas Vitale (tajv2005) said : 		#8

I ran the link you gave me again, and it is running right now.. I should be able to play DVD's now.
YES !!!! movie player, brasero, VLC all work now !
Thank you very very very much, actionparsnip. :)

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Thomas Vitale (tajv2005) said : 		#9

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.