the answer is simple:
kde - kaffeine+xine+libdvdcss2+the libdvd needed
gnome - totem +xine+libdvdcss2+ the libdvd needed
kde/gnome/others - mplayer.

these are the 3 main choices that are best.

2007/11/28, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>:
>
> Jim Seymour <jim@wingbarscafe.com> posted
> 1196252785.21472.39.camel@swift.wingbarscafe.com, excerpted below, on
> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:26:25 -0500:
>
> > Is it possible to play DVD's under Gentoo AMD64? I can mount and read
> > the discs fine. I have been trying to use Totem to play DVDs and all I
> > get is "Totem cannot play this type of media (DVD) because you do not
> > have the appropriate plugins to handle it"
>
> Might as well toss my suggestion in with the others.  kaffeine is what I
> use here, with the xine backend.  I've had no problems, and I like its UI
> and options. =8^)
>
> Of course, it's a KDE app, which will detour the GNOME heads much as a
> GNOME app would detour me. =8^)  (Totem's GNOME, AFAIK.)
>
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