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Asked: 2016-11-04 10:32:10 +0800 CST

How to play DVDs in Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]

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Ubuntu is unable to play DVDs. I used regionset to change the region. libdvdcss (the newest version) is installed. I enabled the option "No DVD menus" in VLC, and it doesn't work.

What should I do?

16.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    On Ubuntu 16.04 type in the terminal 

    sudo apt-get install libdvd-pkg

    After installing libdvd-pkg you must run this command

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg

    This should allow DVD Playback

    If you're still having trouble, most likely the region of your device is not set properly (or at all). Install regionset by typing 

    sudo apt-get install regionset

    and then run 

    regionset
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  2. You have to install few codecs required specifically to play DVDs comfortably. These are:

    • libdvdcss2: to recognize DVD
    • libdvdread4: to read DVD
    • libdvdnav4: to navigate DVD

    Step #1 Install libdvdcss2

    Since medibuntu is no longer available, you have to install libdvdcss2 manually from VLC repositories :

    wget http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable/libdvdcss2_1.2.13-0_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.13-0_i386.deb

    Step #2 Install libdvdread4 and libdvdnav4

    Open terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and run following command:

    sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 libdvdnav4
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