linuxgeek: RE: [LINUX_Newbies] How To Play DVD In Ubuntu 14.04

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

RE: [LINUX_Newbies] How To Play DVD In Ubuntu 14.04

hmm mine plays fine video file or dvd movie, I did fresh install of ubuntu 14.04 ltc not upgrade don't recall if yours is upgrade or not?

anyway below is a link to install vlc on Ubuntu 14.04,

http://www.howopensource.com/2012/10/install-vlc-in-ubuntu-12-10-12-04/

this link is to uninstall completely using gui or command line

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/completely-remove-vlc-ubuntu-38970.html

then you can run install again, are you getting errors? remember to run sudo command

Thx,

Neil

From: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tue. Jan 20, 2015 6:08am
To: Gene Henley mhenley2@verizon.net [LINUX_Newbies]
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] How To Play DVD In Ubuntu 14.04

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:52:58PM -0500, Gene Henley mhenley2@verizon.net [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> http://itsfoss.com/play-dvd-ubuntu-1310/
>
> I STILL cannot play DVD`s with VLC on my Linux boxes.
> This is a fix that I received,but my usage with terminal
> is "NEWBIE". Is there a better way?
> Gene H

You might try installing smplayer.

apt-get install smplayer

It may work when vlc fails (and I remember you mentioning you'd had bad
luck with VLC on Mint, which is usually the easiest to get working. I
would actually try on Mint first, as it's more likely to have the right
codecs.

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