Playing Encrypted DVDs

Playing Encrypted DVDs

Canonical, due to legal constraints, cannot actually provide you with the ability to play encrypted DVDs out of the included media. Below assumes you've installed the restricted-extras (if not, when you try to play a movie the program will prompt you to install the extras package anyway)

1. Open a Terminal Application

2. Enter (Under Jaunty):
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Enter (Under Karmic):
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/karmic.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

3. Type your password if requested.

4. Continue with the following Commands:
sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring
sudo apt-get update

5. If using a 32-bit copy of *buntu:
sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2

If using a 64-bit copy of *buntu:
sudo apt-get install w64codecs libdvdcss2

Note: If unsure, I believe installing the 32-bit codecs might still work. Attempt to play a Hollywood DVD, if it fails, remove the 32-bit codecs and install the 64-bit instead.


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