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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.

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XAQ ZOAR
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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](https://askubuntu.com/a/609506/22949) 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