Playing encrypted DVDs in Ubuntu
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The CSS key sets are licensed to manufacturers who incorporate them into products such as DVD drives, DVD players and DVD movie releases.Most DVD players are equipped with a CSS Decryption module.
Installing libdvdcss2
First you need to install the libdvdread3 package using the following command
sudo apt-get install libdvdread3
Now download the libdvdcss2 library using the following command
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
For Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) users use the following command
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
If you want to download libdvdcss2 library manually you can download from here
For AMD64 Users
First you need to install the following packages
sudo apt-get install debhelper build-essential fakeroot
Now download the libdvdcss2 library using the following command
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
For Ubuntu Edgy Users use the following command
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
That's it now Your DVD player should now play back encrypted DVDs.You can ope your Movie player from Applications > Sound & Video
thanks
I got an error when I tried this, and I ended up needing to install some libxine packages using adept…
I have Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty… However, in your instructions, the filepath is wrong. I had to use..
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
..instead. The examples folder was nonexistent.
Thanks Mark Stowe, this command works on 7.04:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
Thanks Mark Stowe, the command does work on 7.04.
Worked like a charm. Thanks for this article. For your information this was on Ubuntu 6.06
Worked perfectly. THank you.
Correction for the 64-Bit Instructions:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.shshould be used on version 8.04 and probably higher.
8.10 the command is:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.shHello,
I got commercial DVD playback on my computer working. Thanks a lot! Although I must mention that I also had to use” sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh” instead, to get things working.
Didn’t work for me. Still can’t watch my family guy!
This guide didn’t work for me, but I tried , which told me to install
Remember to restart after doing this guide! It won’t work until you do so!
Thanks, worked fine for me 4 years after the post 🙂
This doesn’t work for me (Ubuntu 9.04). I just discovered the new version (libdvdread4) is in the Restricted Extras package, which means from this release on you should tell your terminal to do THIS:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Ubuntu 9.04 does work w/ decrypted dvd w/ that installation. “./install-css.sh” go to that dir. and exec. it. goodluck!
This works, the case if it doesn’t work is that now there is libdvdread4 instead libdvdread3. so please use sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
instead. It worked for me.
I’m using Ubuntu 11
hello 🙂 …i am beginner in using terminal …and i need help… when i wrote sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 …then it wrote me unable to locate…so what to do for it????
Thank you doc. newer ubuntu os has libdvdread4. Now I can watch Star Trek!
Thanks a lot man frkin love you, lol your the best works well on newest ubuntu
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