Multimedia and DVDs in Ubuntu

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Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04)

In order to make DVD's work in Ubuntu, you need to add some additional software. This software is not installed by default because of legal issues.

• Make sure you are connected to the internet
• In System>Administration>Software sources, put a check next to the multiverse line
• Enable the medibuntu sources by copying and pasting the following two lines into a terminal window.

   sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
   wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

• Install the following packages, either from synaptic or from the command line (below):
  • libdvdcss2
  • ubuntu-restricted-extras
  • vlc (optional)

   sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 vlc ubuntu-restricted-extras

This procedure adds a second media player (vlc) which will appear in Applications>Sound and Video as well as flash, java, quicktime and some other media helpers and plugins. The install will ask you to agree to the java license as well as clicking or entering ok on a couple of informational screens. The installation may appear to stall part way through. Be patient.