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Originally Posted by MatBirch
I am having trouble getting my DVD player to play a commercial dvd. It reads recorded data discs just fine, but when I put a movie in, it loads "movie player" on my ubuntu, but then opens a window of "cannot play dvd, you may not have permission". Is this a "driver" type issue?
I tried installing AcidRip as well, and get the same results.
Thanks
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Is libdvdcss installed? Most GNU/Linux distributions don't ship the library needed to decrypt and play commercial DVDs, as it can be illegal in certain areas. If you don't remember installing this, open up the terminal and type:
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sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
followed by:
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sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
If this doesn't work or you've already installed it, it's probably a problem with your home user not being able to mount/unmount it correctly under HAL. (That is, if Ubuntu still uses HAL.. I haven't used it for a long time.
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