Comment 45 for bug 137527

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JustClarke (jclarke-peakbiz) wrote : Re: [Bug 137527] Re: Unhelpful response when inserting encrypted DVD in default installation

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On Thu, May 24, 2018, 9:45 PM Bug Watch Updater <email address hidden>
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> ** Changed in: totem
> Status: In Progress => Expired
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137527
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> Title:
> Unhelpful response when inserting encrypted DVD in default
> installation
>
> Status in Totem:
> Expired
> Status in totem package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 4.10, 5.04, 5.10, 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10,
> 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 14.04
>
> 1. Install Ubuntu.
> 2. Insert a standard movie DVD.
>
> What happens:
> * In Ubuntu 10.10 and earlier, "An error occurred" - "Could not read
> from resource."
> * In Ubuntu 11.10, "An error occurred" - "Could not read DVD. This may
> be because the DVD is encrypted and a DVD decryption library is not
> installed."
>
> Without libdvdcss2, Totem, VLC, and others are unable to play my
> original DVD-s. I know it's illegal to ship Ubuntu with libdvdcss2,
> but it could be in multiverse repos, and totem's plugin installer
> could install it, OR add the medibuntu repo to the list (but leave
> unchecked), then Totem's plugin installer should give a hint, to use
> that repo's libdvdcss2 to play your DVDs. Newbies wont find out how to
> solve this problem by theirself, go back to win, and then it will be
> harder to solve the bug #1 :)
>
> Not to be confused with:
> * bug 502426, where DVDs don't play when libdvdcss is installed
> * bug 745515, "An error occured location not found" while trying to play
> a DVD
> * bug 747433, "Totem cannot play this type of media DVD because it does
> not have the appropriate plugins to be able to read from this disc"
>
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