Re: [LUG] Playing dvd films

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VLC is pre-installed in some distros, such as Mint, and DVDs play out of 
the box. The newest incarnation also plays BluRay discs, if the PC has a 
BD drive.

Julian

On 30/01/16 08:37, Tom wrote:
> On 29/01/16 15:46, barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Strangely I have never tried to play a DVD video film on my laptop
> > before. So far without success. I have tried various programs, but
> > there seems to be a decoding problem.
> >
> > Are there some files (eg codecs) that I need to install? The laptop
> > sees the device but comes up with an error message. Gstream backend
> > error.
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Neil
> Your Xubuntu iirc. Try VLC I seem to remember it asks if you want to 
> install the required packages.
> Tom te tom te tom


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