vlc mplayer not working

because of stupid laws passed by the various big media companies, ubuntu can not distribute the required componant to play dvd's, there is a guide here on how to get dvd playback working though: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

Did that but still no go. I reinstall the whole thing over again including
Ubuntu from scratch but still the same. VLC will not load or do anything
when I click on it. Totem wouldn't play the DVD either.

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> because of stupid laws passed by the various big media companies, ubuntu
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> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
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Play mp3 and dvd under Ubuntu

First please install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

You need to have extra repositories enabled..

Please first enable the multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"
Close and confirm the repository reload.

Type the following command in a terminal (applications → accessories → terminal)

sudo aptitude install vlc

To get better dvd playback first you need to add the medibuntu http://www.medibuntu.org/ repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
here howto add https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu here the medibuntu available software list http://packages.medibuntu.org/

Then to install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install libdvdread3 libdvdnav4 libdvdcss2
sudo aptitude install non-free-codecs gstreamer0.10-pitfdll w32codecs ubuntu-restricted-extras

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

Hope this helps