Comments on: Enable Commercial DVD Playback on Ubuntu 8.04

By: Sandy Vannasse

Sandy Vannasse — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:48:57 +0000

doies this work with the 8.10 version also

By: Anthony Hildoer

Anthony Hildoer — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:36:03 +0000

Just use this, it works every time for all versions of Ubuntu:

Enabled DVD Playback in Ubuntu in ONE Command
http://www.hildoersystems.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62:enable-dvd-playback-in-ubuntu-in-one-command&catid=39:multimedia&Itemid=59

By: MangelRuiz

MangelRuiz — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:11:28 +0000

I followed Joseph’s advice and I installed Dragon Player. I have to say that it works perfect for me. I didn’t have to install any additional codec.

By: Bob Stine

Bob Stine — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:56:53 +0000

The one-line sudo script worked like a charm, so now I don’t have to boot Vista to watch a DVD. Thanks!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:55:10 +0000

Here is a single script that works for all recent versions of Ubuntu–hardy, gutsy, and edgy.

http://www.hildoersystems.com/index.php/home/62

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:07:21 +0000

Thanks. Command 1 worked for me. But you should really reword the reboot part. I said “bullcrap” as soon as I saw that and just restarted my media player (Totem) and of course it worked.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:53:50 +0000

Last night I screwed with 4 or 5 different howtos, then I found one:

http://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Search synaptic for “extras” reinstalled it. Encrypted movies pay fine. I rent DVD’s and they all started breaking a few weeks ago, encryption would error out of all players.

By: Joseph James Frantz

Joseph James Frantz — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:15:29 +0000

@Aran and @Logan,

I’ve tried VLC (original post mentioned that) and had not been able to get DVDs going at all even with VLC.

Ogle may be old and might not be supported but it did work. Dragon Player on the other hand worked just fine. So I don’t mind using something outdated as long as I can at least view the DVD.

Kind Regards,
Joseph James Frantz

By: Logan

Logan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:43:25 +0000

You can also just use VLC player, since it’s got all it’s own codecs.

That’s all I’ve ever done. Why bother installing codecs?

By: steve

steve — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:49:01 +0000

what’s the difference between the 2 versions. are they installing the same thing?

if they’re different, you should recommend which one you would use.