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totem package

Wont read DVD

Asked by Jesse Beckman

New to Linux. Got this "An error occurred: Could not read from resource." What do?

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Alessandro Tagliapietra (tagliapietra.alessandro) said : 		#1

Try to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package, if it not works try to install vlc package.
To do that look here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware

If you have further problems don't hesitate to ask here. If it works mark as solved.

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Jesse Beckman (jessthebeck) said : 		#2

Tried both to no avail, same message with totem and vlc acts like it is going to play and doesn't.

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Best 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 give the codec you need.

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Jesse Beckman (jessthebeck) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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AnneMcBirney (amcbirney) said : 		#5

 Thanks! it worked for me too.

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aindreas (aindreas1) said : 		#6

Excellent, worked for me three.