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need help with installing dvd games and watching movies

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need help with installing dvd games and watching movies

#1 Post by TalionRanger117 »

ok, imt ryign everything to install dvd games and watchign movies.

so far i installed: Libdvdread, libdvdcss, libdvdnav, libbluray, libdplus, libaacs. though i insdtalled teh dev versions of these and libdvd-pkg. the ones i instaleld were the ones with libdvdcss-dev. though it does say there installed. so those were successfully instaleld.

am i missing soemthign?

it wont show the pic of the game i wnat to install or the install button. for movies it wont load yet.

so what file an i missing? do i need to mount it via a command or soemthning?

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Re: need help with installing dvd games and watching movies

#2 Post by lindi »

What game are you trying to install from dvd? It it perhaps for windows?

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Re: need help with installing dvd games and watching movies

#3 Post by Trihexagonal »

TalionRanger117 wrote: 2023-12-13 06:34 am i missing soemthign?
VLC perhaps?
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Re: need help with installing dvd games and watching movies

#4 Post by bbbhltz »

Watching movies from a DVD should definitely be possible.
What programs have to tried to watch the DVD with?

(for the games, that is a different story... I don't think I've ever installed a piece of software from a DVD on Linux, and if it is a game it would be interesting to know which one)
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