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Playing video: cannot read source

Asked by Virgil Barnes

I put a movie but it will not play it says can not read sorce. Can someone please help me.

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Paul Stewart (paulbrianstewart) said : 		#1

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4

    Then open a terminal window and execute:

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

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Virgil Barnes (uffivirg) said : 		#2

Paul Thank You so much

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Paul Stewart (paulbrianstewart) said : 		#3

You're welcome Virgil...glad to help.

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Virgil Barnes (uffivirg) said : 		#4

Paul I did what you said then picked play movie and then it ask do you want wide screen or full screen when I pick one of them it will not go any further. Could you please this problem.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Try in a different player like gnome-mplayer

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Paul Stewart (paulbrianstewart) said : 		#6

I had a similar problem...the way I got around it was *before* I went to the full screen I go to the *Go* menu and select DVD Menu. Then I press 'play movie' and once it has started I set it to full screen.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Does it work not fullscreened?

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