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In order to play DVD, mp3 and so on, you will have to install a few extra bits and peaces.  Be aware that by doing so, you might violate certain laws, which is why Ubuntu does not include these bits and peaces by default.

Here is a link to a very good post, where you can just pick and paste the coomands in a terminal window, and you are done.

How to make Ubnutu 9.10 Karmic Koala Multimedia Ready

If you have already installed vlc, thats fine because vlc vill find the need libraries by itself when you are through with the above task.

Add Ubunu's media repository:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/karmic.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Add GPG key, be sure to answer Y on the permission question:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

Do the upgrade so far:

sudo apt-get update

Get and install the non-free bits:

sudo apt-get install non-free-codecs

Get and install DVD playback:

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencode

And if vlc is not already installed:

sudo apt-get install vlc mplayer

And if you want to record or manitulate sound files:

sudo apt-get install audacity

Attachments:

enableDVDPlayback.sh

[Alternatively use this script from Hildoer Systems ( http://hildoersystems.com/ )]

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