DVD player not working on Acer laptop

do this in terminal so you will never face anykind of this situation anymore

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

wait untill the progress is finish and then try to play again

solved

Hi Martin,
Thank you for the answer but since I'm not at all Tech Savvy I don't have a
clue how to open a terminal?. Please explain it in simple terms: Do I cut
and paste "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" into a program?
Thanks in advance....

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Martin Lee <
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> Martin Lee proposed the following answer:
> do this in terminal so you will never face anykind of this situation
> anymore
>
>
>
> wait untill the progress is finish and then try to play again
>
> solved
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Ok, If you use ubuntu Maverick 10.10 just press "ctrl+alt+t" and then a "cmd" like windows will open. After it open just type "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" (without quote) it will ask you a password. Type your password ( It's your login password when enter ubuntu ) wait until the progress finish :) and better restart after it finish and then try to play again :)

Cheers

Hi Martin,
I really appreciate the great instructions. After running the program and
restarting the laptop I received the following error message: "Could not
read from resource" so I'm just going to call it a night and go to bed, I've
fussed around with this laptop for hours already. Perhaps I'll put some
money aside and take it to a shop. Thank you again for your patience, you're
the best!

Kind regards,

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Martin Lee <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #134082 on totem in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/134082
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Martin Lee proposed the following answer:
> Ok, If you use ubuntu Maverick 10.10 just press "ctrl+alt+t" and then a
> "cmd" like windows will open. After it open just type "sudo apt-get
> install ubuntu-restricted-extras" (without quote) it will ask you a
> password. Type your password ( It's your login password when enter
> ubuntu ) wait until the progress finish :) and better restart after it
> finish and then try to play again :)
>
> Cheers
>
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> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
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Well i guess that's you are quite unfamilliar with this stuff.. don't give up i will give you the full explanation and hope it can solve your problem when you wake up.

1. Make sure you are connected to internet
2. Press CTRL+ALT+T to open "terminal"
3. Type "sudo apt-get update" <--- Without Quote
4. Waiting the progress to finish, if you face any problem like " can't get lock / etc " try to restarting your PC first
5. Still in terminal, type " sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" <--- it tooks about 5-15minutes depend on ur connection
6. after the progress finish do one more things
7. "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" and this one quite long it will take arround 160MB data from server. wait until it finish and it will ask you to reboot. Just reboot and then try to play your stuff.

If this stuff is doesn't work try to install vlc, you can do this in terminal also "sudo apt-get install vlc" and then after the questions pop up, press Y + enter

Just slowly to learning about this kind of stuff, one day you will find it quite interesting :

I'm back! I just couldn't give up without one more try, so I followed your
additional instructions along with the instructions from actionparsnip in
two separate terminal windows and restarted my computer. I fully expected
nothing to happen and then to my utter surprise and great delight IT WORKED,
YEAH!!! I am so thrilled to finally have a DVD player! You guys are the
absolute best and most awesome fellows. I can't thank you enough. God
bless you both

Kindest regards,

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Martin Lee <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #134082 on totem in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/134082
>
> Martin Lee proposed the following answer:
> Well i guess that's you are quite unfamilliar with this stuff.. don't
> give up i will give you the full explanation and hope it can solve your
> problem when you wake up.
>
> 1. Make sure you are connected to internet
> 2. Press CTRL+ALT+T to open "terminal"
> 3. Type "sudo apt-get update" <--- Without Quote
> 4. Waiting the progress to finish, if you face any problem like " can't get
> lock / etc " try to restarting your PC first
> 5. Still in terminal, type " sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras"
> <--- it tooks about 5-15minutes depend on ur connection
> 6. after the progress finish do one more things
> 7. "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" and this one quite long it will take arround
> 160MB data from server. wait until it finish and it will ask you to reboot.
> Just reboot and then try to play your stuff.
>
>
> If this stuff is doesn't work try to install vlc, you can do this in
> terminal also "sudo apt-get install vlc" and then after the questions pop
> up, press Y + enter
>
> Just slowly to learning about this kind of stuff, one day you will find
> it quite interesting :
>
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> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/134082/+confirm?answer_id=5
>
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/134082
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Please mark as solved if it is so. Glad you got the gold :)

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.