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DVD's won't play, no error message

Asked by Naomi Posner-Horie

Totem used to work, but suddenly doesn't. First I noticed that when I hit "full screen" it wouldn't go full screen, but would rather increase the white space at the bottom while the movie-playing area would diminish. This has happened before and usually adjusts itself when I reboot, but this time, not only did it not fix, now the movie won't play at all. I rebooted again to no avail. I tried another dvd, and nothing. I do not get any error message. I removed the movie player and re-installed it and rebooted. Same problem. Any ideas?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Have you tried other apps?

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Naomi Posner-Horie (n-komoda) said : 		#2

I'm not sure what other apps I should try. Any suggestions? In the meantime, I figured a way around the problem, although it doesn't solve it completely. If I click on the "go" tab, I can both play and get full screen by choosing one of the options there. But, once I'm in the full screen and exit out of it, I can't go back to it unless I go again to the "go" tab.

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Your question #146184 on totem in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/146184

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Try VLC or gnome-mplayer

Both kick high amounts of ass, especially gnome-mplayer.

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jon lee (j2100j) said : 		#4

thank you!

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jon lee (j2100j) said : 		#5

thank you!

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jon lee (j2100j) said : 		#6

thank you!

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jon lee (j2100j) said : 		#7

thank you!

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jon lee (j2100j) said : 		#8

thank you!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

Please mark as solved if it is so

Thanks

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