DVD movies

[dkwflight]

Hi
I recently built a new computer
intel Core 7 CPU
16g ram
1 terabyte SSD
AN optical DVD reader

Mint 20
VLC
what I am finding is the dvd drive seems to work ok except when trying to run a movie. nothing that have tried seems to work.
I tried to add multimedia program with no good result.
Thanks
Dennis

[all41]

I tried to add multimedia program with no good result

Did you install the Multimedia Codecs mentioned in the First Steps section
of your Welcome Screen?
The package you need for dvd is libdvdcss2
This is included in the Multimedia Codecs package

[dkwflight]

I am pretty sure I did
I guess I have to reinstall mint to be sure

[dkwflight]

I am pretty sure I did
I guess I have to reinstall mint to be sure

[all41]

Nah--just install it like this in a terminal:

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apt install libdvdcss2

If the package is already installed that will report it as such,
otherwise it will be installed.

This is from my machine:
uno@ulyssa:~$ apt install libdvdcss2
[sudo] password for uno:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libdvdcss2 is already the newest version (1.4.2-dmo1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[dkwflight]

I got impatient and did an install of Mint 20.1 before I saw the input from you

All problems solved
Thanks for your help

[all41]

Enjoy the Mint.

[Larry78723]

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