cant play dvd as i keep getting errors

For start try this from terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Thanks

Hi Nik tried that and got the following reply

E: unable to loctate packge ubuntu-restricted
E: unable to locate package extras

Thanks, Gary

This is one command my friend.

Just copy-paste it from here to your terminal ..

It will ask you for your password , write it carefully (cuz it will not show anything, like you not write anything) and then press Enter.

I will give you the command again

sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-restricted-extras

I included the -y option which is means YES.

Thanks

Have entered the comand, straight copy from your message. Only 1 out 4 DVD I have tried has worked.

OK,
The other DVDs maybe want some additional restricted packages , but these packages NOT provided by Ubuntu ( I mention that cuz you must know).

So if you want to give it a try , apply bellow commands with order :

1. sudo -E wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get -qq update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get -qq update

2. sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 non-free-codecs

Logout and Login (or reboot) and test again .

Thanks