[Tfug] ubuntu dvd player trouble

[earljviolet at deserthowler.com]

On Sat, August 1, 2009 3:38 pm, charles wiggins wrote:
>
> hello my name is Charles Wiggins and am new to Linux . have been using
> ubuntu 8.10 with no problem upgraded to 9.4 also with no problem. have
> been using Totem movie player with no problems for many mounts. recently i
> did a suggested update via update mgr, and now the movie player doesn't
> work any mo
> re.
> after inserting the DVD the software screen comes but it does nothing
> further. when i mouse to the close button in upper rt. and left clck it
> tells me that movie player is not responding and i must force it to quit
> to do anything else. I went to apps>add/remove and removed then
> reinstalled the movie player. all to no avail. i have no idea what to try
> now any help would be appreciated thanks.
> Charles Wiggins
>       cwiggins at flash.net
>

Charles,

You might want to try vlc.  It is working for me on Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.04.
Earl