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Asked by photojunki91

Every time I have tried watching a DVD on my Acer Aspire desktop, mPlayer has come up and shown the movie, but then an error pops up and says "Could not read from source." What do I do?!?!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

It seems a cd read error... please be sure the DVD... is clean.

Have you tried to play the dvd twice, is this error coming in the same part of video...?

Have you alrady tried vlc ... ?

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photojunki91 (photojunki91) said : 		#2

I have tried it multiple times and the same error comes up. It isn't the disk because it is brand new, and I checked it. I am new to Ubuntu, I was a Windows Vista Home Premium user before, so I don't know what vlc is...

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

First i suggest you to be sure your system is fully upgraded, to check:
open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get autoremove

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then to install vlc http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then you will find vlc under the Ubuntu menu: Applications->Sound & video

Hope this helps

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photojunki91 (photojunki91) said : 		#4

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.