How To Install DVD playback on a fresh Ubuntu Feisty (or Gutsy) install

Since I will just setup another laptop for work, I had to run through this again, and thought I would make a separate entry on DVD playback setup, since it can be a PITA.

First things first, run this: (either from a ALT+F2 run prompt or terminal)

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

This brings up the text editor, where you add the following lines:

## Medibuntu - Ubuntu 7.04 "feisty fawn"
## Please report any bug on https://launchpad.net/products/medibuntu/+bugs
deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free
deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free

then save

Next, go to the terminal,

sudo wget -q http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

This will add the key for the repository.

Then update:

sudo apt-get update

Next you install the libdvdcss2 and w32codecs:

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs

It is recommended (by me at least) to use the xine streamer (which works better than the installed one)

Open synaptic, install totem xine streamer (totem-xine)

then I had to run this:

sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 libxine1-ffmpeg

that should just about do it.

this info came mainly from here.


FOR GUTSY:

install the needed packages:

sudo apt-get install totem-xine libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread3

then run this to download and install the dvd library:

sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh

(this came from here)

updated for Hardy - here