DVDs wont play

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miker58

DVDs wont play

Post by miker58 »

I have a matushita and all software on Linuxmint main works. I can watch videos online, i can view files on dvd or cd and can play music on cd. Movie dvds just wont play.

I am very very new

appreciate any suggestions
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hemimaniac

Re: DVDs wont play

Post by hemimaniac »

aptitude install lsdvd

may also have to enable a few ropositories
Leppie

Re: DVDs wont play

Post by Leppie »

issue the following two commands:

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sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
enjoy your dvd's ;)
hemimaniac

Re: DVDs wont play

Post by hemimaniac »

Leppie wrote:issue the following two commands:

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sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
enjoy your dvd's ;)
thanks Leppie, forgot that one :(
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