Joe <useful_infos@yahoo.com> writes: >Hi all, >I've been having a heck of a time getting any >normal encrypted DVDs to play under Linux, >either with Xine or Mplayer. I've installed all the >necessary libraries like dvdread and still, >it does not work. Anybody know what the >solution is? You MUST install libdvdcss to decrypt the dvd. It does not come with any distro, since distribution is illegal in the USA of this library under DMCA. >Thanks.

Joe <useful_infos@yahoo.com> did eloquently scribble: > Hi all, > I've been having a heck of a time getting any > normal encrypted DVDs to play under Linux, > either with Xine or Mplayer. I've installed all the > necessary libraries like dvdread and still, > it does not work. Anybody know what the > solution is? dvdread? What about dvdcss? That's the important one for encrypted. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ | spike1@freenet.co.uk | | |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't | | in | suck is probably the day they start making | | Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Joe <useful_infos@yahoo.com> did eloquently scribble: >> You MUST install libdvdcss to decrypt the dvd. >> It does not come with any distro, since distribution is illegal in the USA >> of this library under DMCA. > Yes, there are many unconstitutional laws in the USA, even ones that > let corporations steal the rights of citizens and sell them back at a > fee. > But the libdvdcss I tried doesn't work. Have you a better URL? Try downloading the source of MPlayer and the libdvdnav, dvdread and dvdcss dev files and compiling Mplayer. Maybe the Mplayer you have was compiled without libdvdcss support. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ | spike1@freenet.co.uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" | |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| | | in | "I think so brain, but this time, you control | | Computer Science | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------