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- enchantedsky, on 05/02/2008, -5/+67Dear Digg user:
It is ILLEGAL (Especially in the United States *and* Canada) to have an operating system with DVD playback if you haven't paid the $30 Hollywood license fee to playback CSS scrambled DVDs (which 100% of Hollywood movies have). Ubuntu would be sued if they included the ability to playback encrypted CSS DVDs........but they offer the user a way to do it themselves if you know that it's legal in your country. Like typical Digg users who say "***** the RIAA", this is typically another reason why people say "***** the MPAA", because they profit off the cost of DVD playback
By the way, if you want to know something interesting (you are a conformist Digg user by the way) Dell computers that are sold with Ubuntu pre-installed *HAVE* DVD playback installed by default. That's because Dell paid for a $30 DVD license on your behalf, and it's not for charity, they just included it in your Dell Ubuntu Linux price. This is so people won't bitch that DVDs don't work in Dell support
Sincerely yours,
Enchantedsky - Shadowgamers, on 05/02/2008, -2/+48VLC plays anything.
ANYTHING. - Ryan166, on 05/02/2008, -21/+59or just stick the DVD into your PC and click play... but that would be 'easy' and 'conformist'
- basevillin, on 05/02/2008, -0/+37Doesn't VLC play dvd's?
- geoken, on 05/02/2008, -2/+38Wierd, I just did a reinstall of XP on my wifes laptop and she was calling me at work the next day because DVD's wouldn't play.
If you bought a pre-built system with Linux (ie a Dell with Ubuntu) they would pre-install DVD playback just like they did with all their XP installs. - amfantasy, on 05/02/2008, -7/+31How to install DVD support in Ubuntu Linux in one command:
sudo apt-get install vlc - weizbox, on 05/02/2008, -0/+18'no longer supported'
They were working fine in Ubuntu 7.x? If so, it's time to either switch distros and start hitting up the forums/howtos/guides. If it worked before, it CAN work now. It's just a matter of how much you'll have to do in order to get it working unfortunately :/ - adderx99, on 05/02/2008, -0/+18so is humming, according to the RIAA-holes.
- SpeedSteamBoat, on 05/02/2008, -2/+17Huh, well go figure that my parents are always calling with PC issues not the least of which being various issues with DVD playback not working, skipping, or dropping audio on their brand new laptop.
I'm not saying Linux is perfect, but not even Windows is the demigod of troubleshoot free computing you seem to believe. - subxero37, on 05/02/2008, -2/+17Patents.
- cr3ative, on 05/02/2008, -3/+18People like you come across as so rude and unhelpful.
For example, I was googling on how to center a DIV using CSS earlier, and a post came up from someone asking the same question I asked Google.
The reply? *snrk snrk* RTFM, and a link to a 20-page CSS specification.
You are NOT HELPING ANYONE. - JohnnyKdiggs, on 05/02/2008, -10/+24It's unfortunate that everybody is always so afraid of the command line, when in reality nothing is easier to use.
I don't see how people can consider endless windows and dialogs more usable than a copy/paste command. - adderx99, on 05/02/2008, -2/+15just plug in your Ethernet cable, find the windows xp drivers for your wifi card and type ' sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndisgtk '. run the ndiswrapper by selecting the System>Administration>Windows Wireless Drivers menu. ndiswrapper is a god-send, and you better get familiar with it if you ever want to get your wifi to work with ubuntu. its a handy skill to have every release cycle.
- trogdoor, on 05/02/2008, -0/+13If you are terminally anti-terminal then:
1: Download this file to your desktop : http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdv ...
2: Double click the file to install it
3: Go to Applications -> Add / Remove -> Enter 'vlc' in the search field and check the box next to VLC to install it - ZachSka87, on 05/02/2008, -1/+14Doesn't work, just tried it. Needed fakeroot and debhelper to run the script, meaning I had to run one more command for a total of a minimum of 3.
/edit Actually, even then it still didn't work. Is it REALLY that hard to just install VLC and libdvdcss? - Xanium4332, on 05/02/2008, -1/+13Legal issues. DVD encryption circumvention (for compatibility purposes) is a gray area in law, and is different in different countries. The only way for Ubuntu to be distributed free is to not have the CSS decryption alogrithms the distribution cd's.
- Jacob, on 05/02/2008, -1/+13Yes you also had vista preinstalled on your computer. A clean vista install will NOT play DVD's.
- selrahc, on 05/03/2008, -0/+11A command line may be more efficient, but it is easier to discover things in a GUI. So for someone unfamiliar to the system it is easier to aimlessly click around until you find what you want. Once your are more familiar with everything you may seek out a more efficient way, but to most people the command line is pretty cryptic.
- sexybobo, on 05/02/2008, -1/+12Because you would rather go pay $30 for dvd software instead of entering copy pasting 2 commands?
- sonnysavage, on 05/02/2008, -2/+13I bought a DVD burner for my PC, only to find out that DVD movie playback required some additional software that didn't come with the DVD drive.
- SpeedSteamBoat, on 05/02/2008, -2/+12You're comment makes no sense. You don't use command line options to set cofigurations (not since 2003 anyways). All of that is GUI driven just like any other OS.
Stop hating things just because they are different from what you use. You obviously have never even bothered to give Linux a chance so you have so place commenting on it. - Shadowgamers, on 05/02/2008, -6/+161) Open Browser
2) go to Videolan and Download VLC
3) Install
4) ???
5) Profit! - weizbox, on 05/02/2008, -2/+12VLC can play DVDs just fine, it's a matter of having everything VLC needs to play DVDs... and that's where it can become a hassle :/
- ZachSka87, on 05/02/2008, -1/+11It's actually even easier than that. You can do it in add/remove programs, or just look for libdvdcss in the package manager.
- Sokkratez, on 05/02/2008, -8/+17This mentality is what holds Linux back from being widely adopted. If I need a search engine in order to use an OS, I'm sticking with a GUI.
- Ashex, on 05/02/2008, -0/+9It's True! One time I told it to stream my carrot across the network, and it came out crisp and clear on my tv!
- papastout, on 05/02/2008, -4/+13Seriously agreeing with that one! Ever since I put on 8.04 I've had consistent lock-ups when tailing a file while playing freeciv. Workplace productivity :)
- caleb4mj, on 05/02/2008, -4/+13Probably a felony DMCA violation if you get caught.
- trogdoor, on 05/02/2008, -2/+11The packaged VLC does not depend on libdvdcss for legal reasons, so that alone will not work.
- trogdoor, on 05/02/2008, -0/+10Not, DRM'd ones
- mcmlxxii, on 05/02/2008, -2/+10Best off just adding the Medibuntu repos. No need for VLC:
One command - sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 mplayer
Don't mention it. - Myztry, on 05/03/2008, -0/+8Window's doesn't play DVD's natively (except maybe Vista ultimate or Media center). PowerDVD comes bundled at no cost with most DVD drives which includes a DVD codec. But it's a third party application and not part of Windows, and has nothing to do with Microsoft.
- Tenlow, on 05/02/2008, -4/+12Yeah, it's called VLC media player.
- sexybobo, on 05/02/2008, -2/+10Go install XP or vista and try to play a dvd. You can't untill you download dvd playing software. Only vista ultimate allows you to watch dvd's with out having to go buy software. The reason you can play dvds is the place you bought your pc from installed some dvd software on it.
- ZachSka87, on 05/02/2008, -1/+8VLC can NOT play newer encrypted DVD's.
- yetAnotherCroc, on 05/03/2008, -3/+10Illegal in the US and Canada. MPAA has no authority in my country thank you very much.
- SpeedSteamBoat, on 05/02/2008, -1/+8I don't know about you, but I've often had to use google to find ***** buried in the GUI of many pieces of software. Not really a whole lot easier. Just the off chance you'll spot what you need before too long. Honestly just googling the command right away and not having to operate a maze of dialogs is generally quicker. For me anyways.
- courtjester555, on 05/02/2008, -2/+9I had two thoughts as soon as I read your comment.
1) You are both nerdy and totally wrong
2) If that was an attempt at sarcasm/humor, fail. - potterboy, on 05/02/2008, -19/+25If only 8.04 didn't massively suck. My wireless and Radeon 7500 are both no longer supported.
- mcmlxxii, on 05/02/2008, -3/+9But once you learn it....you know it forever. It's intuitive, fast and powerful.
- ZachSka87, on 05/02/2008, -1/+7forums.ubuntu.com. search for radeon and (i'm assuming since you're wireless isn't working anymore) broadcom. Or, even better, just look it up in the damn synaptic package manager and stfu.
Oh, and how did I learn that? Google. You'll never get any better by making people give you all the answers. Looking for yourself is the best teacher. So, yeah, I'm helping a lot more than anyone is giving me credit for. - pkaoc, on 05/02/2008, -1/+7its coz they have the license to do that
- Bertram23, on 05/02/2008, -0/+6Exactly what I was thinking. Surely the one line apt-get to install vlc is far more concise.
- tnoy, on 05/03/2008, -0/+6There have been a couple times when I went looking for help on a very obscure problem, only to find about 20 posts in forums and in usenet of people telling others with the same problem as me to just look it up.
Some people use Linux to learn Linux, others use Linux to use Linux. There is nothing wrong with being told how to fix something. If someone is very new to Linux, even something as simple as editing their xorg.conf can seem extremely complicated. Its the "just google it" ***** like yourself that cause the spread of Linux to slow down. If you know, then help them out, if you dont know then SHUT THE ***** UP. - bruenig, on 05/03/2008, -0/+6Shhh, everyone is a victim. Being a victim is cool.
- trogdoor, on 05/03/2008, -0/+6If you install Windows yourself you will have to install DVD decrypting capability yourself
If you get Windows pre-installed with your computer it works out of the box
If you install Ubuntu yourself you will have to install DVD decrypting capability yourself
If you get Ubuntu pre-installed with your computer from Dell it works out of the box
I will not however deny that Linux ( mostly Ubuntu but other distros as well ) has a problem with people who don't now what they are doing giving incorrect advice ( as can be seen in most of the comments on this thread ) and users new to Linux having no way to tell the good from the bad. - CCSprinter11, on 05/02/2008, -3/+9All right, that's everything. My computer is now fully functional with Ubuntu. :)
- wbeavis, on 05/03/2008, -2/+8The exact same thing is true for Windows. Vanilla Windows is NOT licensed for DVD playback. Buying a DVD drive usually comes with Windows software (and license) for DVD playback. I believe you run into a similar situation with MP3 recording.
- weizbox, on 05/02/2008, -1/+7Here's a link for people to check it out for themselves: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/vlc
...and to amfantasy, stop posting bad info. It doesn't help anyone out, especially newcomers to Linux. - geoken, on 05/02/2008, -2/+8The steps to get DVD playback on XP are even longer. Just because you paid Dell to do it for you doesn't mean Window's didn't need to have DVD playback installed. (and for the record, you can also pay Dell to do the same thing with Ubuntu)
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