Totem will not play standard DVD's

Bug #303794 reported by Patrick M
2
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totem (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: totem

I am faily new to using ubuntu (or any linux) Thanks to the wonderful community of users, I have been able to figure most of it out.
I cannot play dvds on my dvd r/w drive with totem (nor any of the other players available) Totem tells me there is an unknown error. Also sometimes that I may not have permission to open the volume.

I am using Ubuntu 8.10, computer has P4 proceesor

 Installed: 2.24.3-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.24.3-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.24.3-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.24.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

The drive will read and write data cds. IT is definitely a DVD/ CD rw drive. The volume mounts, and a desktop launcher appears. I can open the disk and view files, but no movies.

Help?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem-gstreamer
Package: totem-gstreamer 2.24.3-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

Tags: apport-bug
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Patrick M (prmillius) wrote :
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goto (gotolaunchpad) wrote :

Are those DVD's copy protected? In that case read this: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/musicvideophotos/C/video.html

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

Changed in totem:
status: New → Invalid
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