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Can't plaz DVD, newly installed Ubuntu 10.10. and restricted format updates.

Asked by Stefan Seum

I installed Ubuntu 10.10. and it won't play DVDs and CDs. VLC program opens automatically but the autoplay does not start and I can not start a DVD manually. Does anyone have an advice?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

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 install libdvdread4; sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh; sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Should do it

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Stefan Seum (steseum) said : 		#2

Dear Helper,

that's it. It works. Many thanks. Stefan

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On 02/24/2011 10:28 PM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #146753 on yelp in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+question/146753
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> 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 install libdvdread4; sudo
> /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh; sudo apt-get -y upgrade
>
>
> Should do it
>

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#3

If your problem is now fixed, please mark this question as Solved. (You can do that at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdvdread/+question/146753, or by following the instructions at the bottom of each email you receive.)

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Stefan Seum (steseum) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.