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How can I play encrypted DVD movies?
How do I install a DVD decryption library?

I'm trying to play a DVD movie from netflix and Movie Player can't read it. I installed VLC, it wouldn't work either.

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marked as duplicate by Jorge Castro, Eliah Kagan, jokerdino, John S Gruber, maythux Oct 5 '12 at 7:37

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You need to install the libdvdcss2 package in order to play dvds - the package is not included by default because DRM is involved and Canonical don't want to get their hands dirty.

Follow this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

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