DVD will not play in totem

[dgh42]

Using an acer travel-mate laptop with 1 gig ram 40 gig hard drive linuxos 2010 installed on hard drive. when trying to play a dvd in totem i get the following error message  TOTEM WAS NOT ABLE TO PLAY THIS DISC.YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOW G_10_ERROR_FAILED_HANDLED IN THE UI could someone explain whats wrong in this case? the name of the title shows up and all the files on the disc will display. how do I get the disc to play?

[T6]

hello and welcome to the forum

what version of pclinux are you using?

totem is not the most popular app to watch dvds

vlc, smplayer, kaffeine between others are more appropriated

[dgh42]

using pc linux os knome should I change to another version? whats E17? would I download the other player through synaptic?

[Old-Polack]

using pc linux os knome should I change to another version? whats E17? would I download the other player through synaptic?

You can install any, or all, of the various players through Synaptic. First be sure your installation is fully upgraded. Also install the packages win32-codecs-all, libdvdcss2, libdvdnav4, libdvdread3, and libdvdread4. The win32-codecs-all package is for viewing video files, while the libdvd* packages are for playing movie DVDs.

[Dragynn]

using pc linux os knome should I change to another version? whats E17? would I download the other player through synaptic?

I use the smplayer T6 mentioned in gnome, it works really well, be sure to also install the packages O-P mentioned. I think I tried Totem at one point too and had some issues, switched to smplayer and now all is well.

[lightning slinger]

...Totem at one point too and had some issues,...

That statement is true, it did have issues for a short while but now with a fully updated Gnome 2010, including the packages O-P mentioned, Totem plays without problem!

[dgh42]

you are absolutley correct with the om packages installed Totem works fine  thanks a buch for your help.

[T6]

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