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      type="topic" style="task"
      id="video-dvd-restricted">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="media#music" group="#last"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="video-dvd"/>
    
    <desc>Most commercial DVDs are encrypted and will not play without decryption software.</desc>
    
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Ubuntu Documentation Project</name>
      <email>ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    
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<title>How do I enable restricted codecs to play DVDs?</title>

<p>DVD support cannot be provided by default in Ubuntu due to legal and technical restrictions. Most commercial DVDs are encrypted and so require the use of decryption software in order to play them. </p>

<section id="restricted">
 <title>Use alternative decryption software</title>

 <note style="warning"><p>In some countries, the use of the below unlicensed decryption software is not permitted by law. Verify that you are within your rights to use it.</p></note>

 <steps>
  <item><p>Install <link href="apt:libdvdnav4">libdvdnav4</link>, <link href="apt:libdvdread8">libdvdread8</link>,
<link href="apt:gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad">gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad</link>, <link 
href="apt:gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly">gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly</link>, and <link 
href="apt:libdvd-pkg">libdvd-pkg</link>.</p></item>
  <item><p>Open a terminal window by pressing
   <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>T</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
  <item><p>Run the command</p>
    <p><cmd its:translate="no">sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg</cmd></p>
    <p>and confirm in order to install <em>libdvdcss2</em>.</p>
  </item>
</steps>
</section>
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