Although the changes in the ADSL have meant a change in some customs such as watching movies via streaming with Neflix or Wuaki, still many users who do not have this opportunity and they continue to watch and buy commercial dvd's for viewing. In Ubuntu you can see this type of discs and multimedia content, but you need some special plugins to be able to see the restrictions that companies impose on the DVD.
So to be able to watch a DVD in Ubuntu we need two things: a dvd drive and this software add-on. Once we obtain this, the reproduction of these multimedia discs are the same as in Windows or another proprietary system that we use.
Ubuntu Restricted Extras will help us to read DVD discs
The package we need is Ubuntu Restricted extras, a package that we find in the official Ubuntu repositories and that once installed will allow us more things like the use of proprietary fonts from Microsoft or music playback with certain drm. For its installation it will be enough to write in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
After this installation, if we use programs like VLC, the reproduction of a DVD will be very easy and automatic, but there are many people who still do not use VLC because they prefer other types of software. In this case we will also have to install a sh file that is saved on our hard drive after installation. So, again from the terminal we write the following:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
After this, the script will be executed and Ubuntu programs will be able to use libdvd libraries that will allow the commercial dvd to be playable without any problem. This method is simple and fast since they come in the official Ubuntu repositories and some will even have it installed so they only need to run the script.
Conclusion
Ubunlog has been recommending installing Ubuntu Restricted Extras for a long time because of the facilities it provides, including the ability to read commercial DVD discs. But this package offers much more, something that surely many of you have already realized, so Why not install it now?
Quick response, VLC.
Sep.But a bookstore is usually missing, I think. At least on Ubuntu, I had to install and accept proprietary ones. More than a year ago, I don't quite remember what it was.
Hello. I have followed the steps but it does not work. I install the restricted-extra without problem, but when I give the following order to install the library it returns "order not found". I do not know what to do.
Hello friend on the official website of ubuntu brand that to be able to play DVD the command is:
sudo apt-get install libdvd-pkg
this for versions higher than ubuntu 15.10 this includes the 16.04 LTS. In theory, the procedure to watch dvd change, you should accept the libdvdcs license in the same way because the script will download and install the necessary codec to watch movies.
Look I share the league: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
When I write the first line in the terminal I get this:
Could not lock / var / lib / dpkg / lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Could not lock the admin directory (/ var / lib / dpkg /), maybe there is some other process using it?
I do not know what to do. Greetings
If you get this "Could not lock / var / lib / dpkg / lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Could not lock administration directory (/ var / lib / dpkg /)".
You probably didn't accept the EULA terms from ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
You can use "apt-get autoremove" from the console to reverse the problem. Again, install the proprietary sources as indicated "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras"
and accept the terms using the «Tab» key and hitting «Enter».
Then write Tony's suggestion in terminal "sudo apt-get install libdvd-pkg"
Once the process is finished you can open VLT and enjoy the DVD