Playing a DVD

[Jean Hollis Weber]

Nik wrote:
>  Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
>> Nik wrote:
>>> If you start Totem from a console and then try to watch a DVD, what
>>> errors, if any, are shown?
> 
>> Okay, trying it with Totem (instead of xine), I am now seeing no
>> video and hearing no sound. (In xine I get the beginning video
>> and sound, before it crashes.)
>> Here's the start of what I get in the terminal window:
> <snip>
> 
> This is the same as what I get here, but mine works ;-P
> 
> Are you using totem-xine or totem-gstreamer as a backend?

totem-xine

> You could also try ogle:
> # aptitude install ogle-gui

Thanks, I'll try that. Might as well add another one to my 
collection! :-)

But I suspect that I have failed to install something that's 
needed for playing the encrypted DVDs. I thought I had got 
everything, but most likely I missed something.

Thanks to all who have been helping me with this.

--Jean