I am new Ubuntu and am slowly making it work for me.
Todays problem is I cannot play a DVD.
I put the DVD in the drive and I get the message;
Totem could not play 'dvd://media/CDROM0'
No url handler implemented for "dvd"

I have searched for the error message and can't find and answer.
Can someone tell me what I need and where to get it.
Thanks

Are you sure you have all the necessary helper apps installed?

One big one I know of is libdvdcss2. Doesn't work on AMD64, but it works just fine on IA32 platforms.

I would reccommend opening up Synaptic Package Manager (an excellent package manager, worth a try if you've never used it) and finding Totem, right clicking on it, and looking to see if all of its reccommended dependencies are installed.

Also, the media:/ address sounds to me like a KIOSlave, which won't work (to my knowledge) in Gnome. I'd check the syntaxing of that command if you're using Gnome and not KDE, and if you are using KDE, make sure you have the proper KIOSlaves installed to handle the DVD.

Let us know how things go! Hope you find a solution!

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately I don't know how to do what you suggest.
I tried to find "libdvdcss2" using locate, without success.
Perhaps you can give me a pointer on that and where I might find Synaptic Package Manager.
Thanks

Well I've answered my second question with a quick Google, it now changes to what do I do with it?
And I thought I had asked an easy question !

Another update, I have now found the source of libdvdcss2, again thanks to Google and think I can see the way ahead. If anyones still interested I will let you know if/when I succeed.

Still in trouble, the sources.list file is read only so can't write to it.
How do I unlock it?

You don't say what version of Ubuntu you're using. I'm going to presume Dapper Drake(6.06), if thats the case, the info below will help.

First, Bookmark the below site... It is a WEALTH of info

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper Your question is specifically answered in 6.20

Second, Bookmark this site for a crapload of Ubuntu Programs/Packages...

http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/allpackages

Finally, from the packages list above, install Xine-ui. Much better movie player than Totem if you ask me.

When you get it all working, if you get choppy DVD playback(it worked fine for me at first, then started skipping, jumping, etc ..), go to the site below for enabling DMA.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DMA


IGF

Alright, easier than downloading sources is to use apt-get.

Apt-get (with super-cow powers ; ) is a package management system that will allow you to upgrade and install software without using your browser. Kinda nifty, huh?

To use it from the command line, you need to have root privilages. To gain these permissions, you need to use the "sudo" command. It works like this: "sudo <command>".

So, to run apt-get with root permissions (the only way it will run) you would use "sudo apt-get" You then have to tell apt-get what to do. Aptget has a help function, used like "apt-get --help".

To install libdvdcss2, you'd have to use "sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2" and to install Synaptic you'd need to say "sudo apt-get install synaptic."

To edit your sources.list file you need to open a editor with root privilages. For a GUI editor, use gtksu or kdesu depending on whether you use KDE or Gnome. For a cool terminal editor, use "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list"

Hope that helps!

Thanks to both for your replies,
Firstly lordSaurontheGreat; I was trying to open the Sources.list file using "chmod" and just could not get "write permission" however your "nano" approach got me round that. You also provided a useful starter on apt-get.
Unfortunately having tried all those steps I still could not get DVD to play.
So, IGF I searched the URL's you gave and was somewhat overwhelmed by the mass of information, certainly useful sources for the future.
I followed the steps set out in 6.20 as you said and *****It Works******.
Thanks again
ffilc

When you know nothing even the time of day is a step forward!!

Glad it helped, and yes, that info is a bit overwhelming. When searching the FAQ(or the Debian packages for that matter), I use the Firefox "Search this page" feature, so that I don't go blind reading through everything..

Click Edit
Find in this page

A box will show up in the lower left.. Type something like, "DVD Playback", or if you're looking for a package on the packages page, something like "Xine" and while you may get more than one hit(especially on the packages) it helps me a lot.

Just remember to bookmark those pages, as you learn more, you'll know what you're looking for fairly quickly.

IGF