On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:01:12 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I have just convinced my wife to swap to Ubuntu on our laptop, and for
> the first time am trying to get audio and DVDs to work on Ubuntu.  The
> audio is now fine, and I can play CDs and mp3s with no difficulty, but
> DVDs are another matter.  The information about this seems
> fragmentary, and it seems that the resources I need are scattered
> some in rather inaccessible spots.  Is there a complete how to do it
> somewhere? That will take me through to the point where I can play
> DVDs on Ubuntu? I'd appreciate any advice, and if there's not an easy
> one shot solution I will post my more precise difficulties for help.

You can replace totems gstreamer with xine.

Open a terminal:

sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 
sudo apt-get install totem-xine

Now totem should pretty much play anything you throw at it...

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