why wont <any movie player> play dvd's?

[Weedman]

just installed slackware 10.1.

i tried playing 2 dvds using totem and xine and nothing works.

just for the record, i did mount the dvds before i tried playing them.

[oz]

You'll probably need to install libdvdcss, libdvdnav, and libdvdread if you haven't done so already. Look to linuxpackages.net for those packages.

[Weedman]

thanks ill try that

[zba78]

Yes install the above 2 packages. Also DON'T mount the DVDs before playing them (same with audio CDs). You don't need to