How to Install and Enable DVD playback and w32codecs in Ubuntu System

w32codecs this is a package of codecs needed to play multiple formats, notably DivX. (disponible. Maintainer: MirSPCM)


libdvdcss is a highly portable library for accessing and unscrambling DVDs encrypted with the CSS system. It is part of the VideoLAN project and is used by VLC and all other open source DVD players such as Ogle, xine-based players and MPlayer.

DVD playback and w32codecs are not a feature that is installed by default due to license restrictions.

Note: In some parts of the world using DVD playback is not legal.

Installing libdvdcss2 and w32 video codecs in Ubuntu

Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package. This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories due to licensing and legal restrictions.

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file and enter the following repositories

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list


For Ubuntu Dapper Users

deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free


deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/freecontrib/ dapper free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/freecontrib/ dapper free non-free



For Ubuntu Edgy Users

deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ edgy free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ edgy free non-free


deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/freecontrib/ edgy free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/freecontrib/ edgy free non-free


You have one more option to install this DVD playback and w32codecs using Seveas Repository

For Ubuntu Dapper Users

deb http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl dapper-seveas all
deb-src http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl dapper-seveas all


For Ubuntu Edgy Users

deb http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl edgy-seveas all
deb-src http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl edgy-seveas all


Now you need to copy the key using the following command

wget http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl/1135D466.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2

If you want to download and install .deb packages you can download and install

wget -c http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/pool/dapper/non-free/w32codecs_20060611-1plf1_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i w32codecs_20060611-1plf1_i386.deb

wget -c http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/pool/dapper/free/libdvdcss2-dev_1.2.9-1plf4_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2-dev_1.2.9-1plf4_i386.deb

You can download Any harware Architecture from Here

Using above download locations you can install more most of the mutimedia codecs for ubuntu

If you are using Seveas Repository use the following commands to install

sudo libdvdcss2 w32codecs

Categories: Ubuntu