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I can not get my DVDs to work in vlc or any other player. How do I fix this? I have tried to install vlc gremlin and other players.

A.B.
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    Open up a terminal and install the necessary codecs using sudo apt-get install libdvdcss libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 ubuntu-restricted-extras then try playing again in VLC. – Parto Apr 15 '15 at 08:25

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You need the library libdvdcss. Read this.

The package libdvdcss2 is not included in the official repositories, but can be easily installed.

Two short commands should help.

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo sh /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
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  • Thank you all very much the problem has been resolved you all rock – XAQ ZOAR Apr 15 '15 at 08:55
  • And where is my green flag? :\ – A.B. Apr 15 '15 at 08:59
  • @XAQZOAR You've marked that other answer about damaged DVDs as the accepted answer, even though your comment indicating the problem was resolved is here on this answer. Did it turn out that your DVDs were physically damaged (and did not, for example, play on another computer known to play DVDs well, an embedded set-top DVD player, etc.)? Or did you mean to mark this answer as accepted? – Eliah Kagan Apr 15 '15 at 12:53
  • @EliahKagan Thanks for the support, but you should comment on his question and not mine. :) – A.B. Apr 15 '15 at 12:55
  • @XAQZOAR Were you satisfied with my answer? Then give me a upvote (∧). If I could solve your problem, then it would be nice if you'd mark my answer (✓). ;) – A.B. Apr 18 '15 at 14:53