If you like to set your Ubuntu Linux to play DVD, encrypted DVDs or other video content (Windows media, Real media, Apple QuickTime) just follow next steps:

1. Open terminal

2. First, add medibuntu to the repository – Medubuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc).

• For Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” – execute command:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

• For Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron”- execute command:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

3. Add GPG Key – with command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

4.After you add complete Medubuntu to the repositores, for playing DVD’s you must install libdvdcss2 – with command:

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

After step 4 you can play DVD’s with Totem, VLC or Mplayer or other video player that support libdvdcss2.

5. If you want to play Windows formats, Real media or Apple QuickTime contents add this line to the terminal:

• For 32 bit Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install w32codecs

• For 64bit Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install w64codecs

That’s it. Enjoy in your favorite movies and other video contents. For more information of installing other Medubuntu packages visit http://www.medibuntu.org/.

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