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dearN
Asked: 2012-05-13 16:53:10 +0800 CST

Could not read dvd despite having restricted extras

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I still can't seem to play movie DVDs on my Ubuntu 11.10 even after installing restricted extras and after trying this

This[a] is the error message that I get with movie player. VLC doesn't play the DVD either.

What gives

[a]Could not read DVD. This may be because the DVD is encrypted and a DVD decryption library is not installed.

dvd ubuntu-restricted-extras

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Open the Terminal under Applications > Accessories > Terminal and run the following commands:

    sudo apt-get install libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

    Reference:

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  2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

    This link is a well written response the these kind of problems, including troubleshooting. Well worth a read Let us know if it helps Good Luck - Mal

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  3. From: http:// ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10711874

    Originally Posted by uRock View Post https:// help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu You need to install packages for decrypting the movies.

    32bit

    wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_i386.deb

    64bit

    wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_amd64.deb

    WIN.

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  4. QUICKTIME. I stumbled to this post after searching the net for weeks. I tried everything, including "regionset". Today, after 4 weeks, I find my own solution, AFTER playing the dvds in Mac and Win7 and then browsing Filehippo for clues. QUICKTIME ! We need to install the quicktime lib and util, in addition to all the restricteds, libs, etc advised in the Ubuntu forum. Use Synaptic for this. This solved the problem why commercial dvd in China would not play. ps... if you get an error message about "blocks", your drive may be faulty.

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