The Video Lan Media Player (VLC) is available across multiple platforms and will pretty much play anything. Whilst Totem is default tool for this on my desktop, in the wider Linux world – and pretty much everywhere else for that matter – the best app for playing video is undoubtedly… VLC Now that’s all done, if we re-run our initial check…īefore we leave the Command Line (for now, at least) there’s one more step requried to facilitate reading blu-rays…Īfter all that, it’s probably a good idea to check that you can now play any discs that you’re planning to rip. Say Yes ( hit Enter) and you’ll then get : Apart from a Java Runtime being installed ( if one is not already present on the system), you are likely to find yourself presented with this screen : This time, hitting Y will cause a number of things to happen. …initially the output will be something like :Ĭa-certificates-java default-jre-headless java-common libasm4-java openjdk-8-jre-headlessĭefault-jre fonts-dejavu-extra fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho fonts-wqy-microhei fonts-wqy-zenhei fonts-indicĬa-certificates-java default-jre-headless java-common libasm4-java libbluray-bdj openjdk-8-jre-headlessĠ to upgrade, 6 to newly install, 0 to remove and 496 not to upgrade.Īfter this operation, 101 MB of additional disk space will be used. The following NEW packages will be installedĪutoconf automake autopoint autotools-dev debhelper dh-autoreconf dh-strip-nondeterminism libdvd-pkg libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl libltdl-dev libmail-sendmail-perl libsigsegv2Ġ to upgrade, 16 to newly install, 0 to remove and 496 not to upgrade.Īfter this operation, 8,428 kB of additional disk space will be used. Libsys-hostname-long-perl libtool m4 po-debconfĪutoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc dh-make libtool-doc gfortran | fortran95-compiler gcj-jdk libmail-box-perl The following additional packages will be installed:Īutoconf automake autopoint autotools-dev debhelper dh-autoreconf dh-strip-nondeterminism libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl libltdl-dev libmail-sendmail-perl libsigsegv2 There are a few more packages required which we can acquire in two stages. …should confirm that the following packages are installed : To start with, you should find that most of the packages we need are there already…Īpt list libdvd* libaacs* libbluray* -installed As I don’t know which desktop you’re running (I’m currently on Unity on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS), I’ll do this bit in the Terminal (the CLI, not the Tom Hanks film)… In order to read DVDs and Blu-rays there are a number of packages that you’ll need. The rare instances for which this is not the case do not seem to follow any discernible pattern.įor example, the same steps to persuade a dark comedy to present you with a Marmalade Sandwich (in mp4 format), may cause a loveable cartoon bear to fix you with a stare that’s harder than a coffin nail. Of course I wouldn’t dream of stooping so low just to get cheap laughs…much.Įfficacy disclaimer – The steps described here will work for most discs. The subject matter at hand means that there is a strong temptation to include quotes and (possibly) oblique references to movies here and there. Whilst we’re on the subject of disclaimers… You may want to check the situation where you are before you follow any of the steps detailed in this article. The legality of ripping copyrighted material differs across jurisdictions. This should give you all of the steps required to watch and – if required – copy movies, tv shows etc from an optical disc.
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