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Re: [LUG] Recommending GNU/Linux

 

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:00:14 +0000
bas wrote:

> >  I am currently using Mint on my workaday laptop. Despite much
> > effort, I have not been able to get it to play DVD's or avi's
> Have you installed win 32 codecs, libdvdcss2, Vlc-plugin-dvdnav, 
> xine-plugins, and lame for mp3's ?
> bas.

Mint, based on Ubuntu... in order to get DVDs to play on my Ubuntu I
needed to:
+ install libdvdread4
+ run /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

It would seem that libdvdread4 does not install everything that is
necessary, bit it does give you the tools to do so.

Grant.

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