VLC On Ubuntu 9.10 Problems

[Alistair]

Every time I try and play a Dvd on vlc which is installed on ubuntu 9.10 the program plays about a second of it then shuts down.

How can I stop this happening?

Any help is much appreciated.

[mc2man]

start vlc from terminal as such and look for the cause

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vlc -vvv

Most likely reasons
libdvdcss2 is not installed

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

audio and or video output issue - try a different output (tools ->preferences - in the output drop down

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Make sure you have VLC 1.0.4. Ubuntu VLC 1.0.2 is awfully buggy.