How does Ubuntu play DVDs? Mine won't.

You need a codec installing. The simplest of websearches would have got you this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

Have you seen this??

Thanks. I was tired after spending the whole afternoon loading UBUNTU onto a netbook and over-riding windows XP. I had made the (wrong) assumption that this programme would play DVDs.

Margaret

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I'm not sure what you mean by "this programme" but Ubuntu certainly *will* play DVD's. Have you checked out the link that actionparsnip posted?

If you open a terminal and run:

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 update; sudo apt-get -y upgrade; sudo apt-get -y install vlc gnome-mplayer w32codecs

You will be able to play nearly anything.

Thanks for trying to help. My own fault! I deleted the driver by mistake.

Margaret

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