dvd player

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Sun, 12/28/08, dwain <dwain.alford at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: dwain <dwain.alford at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: dvd player
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 11:37 PM
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:15 PM, David Fox
> <dfox94085 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > One thing you need to play most commercial dvds is
> libdvdcss2, and if
> > you haven't installed that, you should.
> >
> 
> i have heard much talk about libdvdcss2 and installing it,
> but i have not
> seen the file in ubuntu 8.10.  i have done an apt-get
> update and i still
> fail to find the file.  i have also searched synaptics and
> still no
> libdvdcss2.  where exactly is it???
> 
> cheers,
> dwain
> 
Google search libdvdcss2 + ubuntu should show you it's in medibuntu as it
violates the patents.  You'll need to add it to your sources.list or enable it in software sources.  Perhaps you'll need to add the gpg key also.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net