IMO, if you insist on using Ubuntu, rather than Kubuntu then I would drop Totem all together. Get a decent bunch of multimedia repositories and get Mplayer. Try this link http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic. >From the same repositories you should also be able to get libdvdcss2 which is essential to access encrypted DVD's. In fact, I would go for the whole libdvd list. Does not hurt to have....
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Tambiah Sent: 23 June 2006 21:49 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Re: DVD's 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... -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/373 - Release Date: 22/06/2006 -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
