Enable DVD playback on Ubuntu 7.10

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Execute the following terminal command to install the necessary packages
    sudo apt-get install totem-xine libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread3
  3. Execute the following terminal command
    sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh

After you have done the above excercise, insert a DVD into your drive. Totem will open and the movie will be played.