Vlc won't play DVD's on Ubuntu, or Kubuntu Intrepid

[Nigel Henry]

On Friday 06 February 2009 08:30, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 22:06 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > Which package exactly is the one the one
> > that hopefully will resolve my vlc problem.
>
> See here for details:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

Hi Mario.

I've already got the libdvdcss2 package installed, and as I said on my 
previous post, Kaffeine, Xine, Totem, and Ogle play dvd's ok on Intrepid, and 
also the Hardy version of vlc plays dvd's ok on Intrepid. I'ts only the 
Intrepid version of vlc which is having problems.

Since I installed the bunch of packages that came with 
ubuntu-restricted-extras, Intrepids vlc plays for a bit longer before coming 
to a stop. For example, the menu, which is a bit like a trailer, plays for 6 
secs, then the sound starts to break up, and at 9secs the video goes static, 
and the sound stops. Vlc appears to be still running the trailer though, as 
the progress bar is moving, the time is still clocking up seconds, the 
harddrive is showing activity, and the light on the optical drive is going on 
and off every half second or so. If I advance the progress bar, it again will 
play a few secs of sound and video, then stops again.

If I slow the playback down to half speed, the trailer plays right through, 
then repeats, with no problem. It just won't play at normal speed.

Nigel.