Trying to get DVD to play

[Chris Roy-Smith]

On 10/09/18 14:24, Pat Brown wrote:
> I have an ACER Aspire laptop. The Matsushita dvd-ram uj8b0a DVD/CD
> player will load CDs without issue, but will not play DVDs. After some
> research, I did some troubleshooting but even after this while it now
> recognizes that there is a DVD mounted, and recognizes the title of
> the DVD, it still won't play.
> 
> This is what I've done so far:
> 
> Ran apt-get install libdvd-pkg
> Ran dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg as suggested
> 
> I still get these messages after running these commands.
> 
> Unable to play video file
> Unable to find requested software
> 
> Then I tried this;
> 
> Ran apt-get install VLC
> 
> 
> Pat Brown
> patmysterywriter.wixsite.com/pabrownhome
> 
> Having a soft heart in a hard world is courage, not weakness
> 
try the following article
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

regards, Chris Roy-Smith