Re: DVDs won't open

Rashkae <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.xine.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Alex Webster wrote:
> I have recently loaded Ubuntu 8.04, and wanted the capability to select 
> sections of a DVD.  It looked like gxine was the answer, so I used the 
> Synaptic Package Manager to download the application. Ubuntu instructs 
> us to then set our Home Folder preferences for DVDs to gxine.  However, 
> that choice is not available in the preferences menu.  In addition, when 
> I try to play a DVD I get the following error message: The xine engine 
> failed to start.
> 
> I am fresh from a Windows environment, and don't know where to go from 
> here.  Would appreciate any ideas.
> 

Not really a Xine issue per say.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

And you will probably want to read the rest of Restricted formats
instructions as well:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats#head-ade7b6cc5a280ee943fd7884cf7dc49ebe7e22ca


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