how to play dvd with the given media players?!

[jeshon]

Hi everyone,

I finally was able to successfully install Mandrake LInux 10.1 in my laptop. I am really excited about trying this distro.
I tried to play dvd from the given media player softwares but it said that i don't have enough resources...do I have to download some other softwares from the internet to be able to see dvd movies using Linux?! please let me know what can be done.

Thanks a million
-jeshon

[prosen]

there should be mplayer and xine rpms given in your distro cds. Otherwise you can download them from http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/index.html and http://xinehq.de/ .
these two are the best choices when it comes to watching videos in Linux. You may also use Videolan or vlc.

[jeremy1701]

Make sure to setup URPMI using the instructions here:
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
After that, you have to install libdvdcss. You should be able to use this command, if you've setup URPMI correctly

urpmi libdvdcss

Good Luck!
Jeremy