black screen on movie player

Bounces,
  Thanks for the info, that vlc install solved the player issue, dvd now plays. Next problem, no sound.

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From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Nathan nolast
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 9:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [Question #182250]: black screen on movie player

Your question #182250 on totem in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/182250

    Status: Open => Answered

Nathan nolast proposed the following answer:
you need to enable dvd playback by opening terminal (press CTLR + ALT +
T) and running the following commands

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

and a personal preference, i use VLC to watch dvd's. You can install VLC
from the ubuntu software center or by typing the following command into
terminal.

sudo apt-get install vlc

more info can be found here.
https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/ubuntu-help/video-dvd-restricted.html

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Do you get any sound, or is it just sound in DVDs?

did you run these commands also?

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

do you get any sound on anything else?

Okay, installed the following codes first:

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

then the following, which solved the black screen problem:

sudo apt-get install vlc

Now I have discovered there is no sound. Tried a DVD, CD and online (youtube.com)... no sound at all.

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Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 2:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [Question #182250]: black screen on movie player

Your question #182250 on totem in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/182250

Nathan nolast requested more information:
did you run these commands also?

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

do you get any sound on anything else?

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If you get no sound in any app then can you please give the output of:

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh; chmod +x ./alsa-info.sh; ./alsa-info.sh

Select to upload to the server and a URL will be generated.

Good News!
  After verifying onboard sound was not disabled, returned to desktop and discovered sound was muted!! Un-muted sound, sound works in all applications. Thanks to all for all the help!

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Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 8:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [Question #182250]: black screen on movie player

Your question #182250 on totem in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/182250

    Status: Open => Needs information

actionparsnip requested more information:
If you get no sound in any app then can you please give the output of:

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh; chmod +x
./alsa-info.sh; ./alsa-info.sh

Select to upload to the server and a URL will be generated.

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Good News!
  After verifying onboard sound was not disabled, returned to desktop and discovered sound was muted!! Un-muted sound, sound works in all applications. Thanks to all for all the help!

Thanks Nathan nolast, that solved my question.