Ubuntu 14.04 and libdvdcss file

I have Ubuntu 14.04 and I can't get it to recognize Libdvdcss2, which is downloaded to the download file. There I clicked on the bz2 file and it opened to give me a nice neat package that doesn't work. What do I need to do or try. Keep in mind I am a newbie.


From help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

By installing the libdvdcss2 package you can play encrypted DVDs with:

  1. Kaffeine , the Kubuntu video player

  2. MPlayer

  3. xine

  4. Totem-xine

  5. VLC media player

  6. Ogle

  7. XBMC Media Center

12.04 onwards works this way.

Install the libdvdread4 package ( no need to add third party repositories ) via Synaptic or command line: (note: if you have installed *ubuntu-restricted-extras this has already been installed automatically for you)

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4

Then open a terminal window and execute:

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

Rebooting may be necessary.

After this, VLC will automatically use it.


Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't provide libdvdcss in repositories so you need to add vlc ppa to the sources.list so you can download it.

 sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
 curl ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/debian/videolan-apt.asc | sudo apt-key add -
 echo "deb ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libdvdcss.list
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

You can download libdvdcss too by navigating to the appropriate section, eg; for trusty: ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/debian/trusty