Re: Viewing a DVD with Totem

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 21:20 -0700, Chris Kottaridis wrote:
> I have Fedora Core 8 installed and am trying to watch a DVD using Totem.
> When I select "Play Disc" it complains that I don't have the right
> plugin.
> 
> >Totem cannot play this type of media (DVD) because it does not have the
> appropriate
> >plugins to be able to read from the disc.
> >
> >Please install the necessary plugins and restart Totem to be able to
> play this media.
> 
> 
> I already went to Fluendo and got the fluendo-megabundle tarball. That
> got me to see .wmv files which was nice.
> 
> I do seem to have libdvdread installed. But the truth is the message is
> rather vague on what I exactly need.
> 
> What RPM's do I need to be able to watch DVD's via Totem ?

> Thanks
>     Chris Kottaridis    (chriskot quietwind net)

Two things:
1. replace totem with totem-xine from livna
2. Even better install vlc to play DVDs.

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