Open Source Technical Information: How do I play DVDs in Fedora?

Friday 28 October 2011

How do I play DVDs in Fedora?

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Easy! You just have to install some additional packages for Totem, the Movie Player:
  1. Make sure that you're using my yum configuration from the installing software question.
  2. Open a Terminal.
  3. Become root:
    su -
  4. Install the software that Totem needs in order to play DVDs correctly:
    yum install libdvdread libdvdcss libdvdnav gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad
And now you can play DVDs! You can find Totem in the "Applications" menu, under "Sound and Video." It's just called "Movie Player." Sometimes it will say that it can't play a DVD, but it will usually work if you close Totem, then insert the DVD into your drive, then wait for a popup to ask you what you want to do, and then click "Open."

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