totem DVD movie subtitle

amy

when i play DVD movie using TOTEM it wont show me SUBTITLE, what plugin do i need ?????

It plays DVDs automatically, but only plays them from the beginning to the end. No title screen, no menu, no chapters, no settings, no skipping around -- just straight play.   

I haven't tried with actual DVDs, but when I play a video file with subtitles I just go to View gt; Subtitles gt; [subtitle name]. Sometimes it's listed as Unknown. Doesn't anything appear in this menu when you play the DVD?

Hi. That's a problem when using totem-gstreamer (no menus and can't select subtitles); I recommend you install totem-xine. Look for it in Synaptic, or from the terminal (Applications--gt;Accessories--gt;Terminal) if you're using Feisty:

Code:
sudo apt-get install totem-xine libxine1 libxine1-ffmpeg libxine-extracodecs


totem-gstreamer and totem-xine are different things or same i found TOTEM-XINE under add/remove


Originally Posted by ferronicatotem-gstreamer and totem-xine are different things or same i found TOTEM-XINE under add/remove

Same program but different engines. You should install totem-xine, it'll also remove totem-gstreamer. It's better if you just use the command that RomeReactor gave, because that would also install the codecs you need

[I keep forgetting that I changed to totem-xine, should have mentioned it from the get-go ]

many thanx RomeReactor and onero TOTEM-XINE worked great for DVD