could you try if the issue is still in jaunty or karmic? there is lot of known DVD playing issues which have been fixed in recent ubuntu versions
-- dvd playback broken, both picture and sound https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406561 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs