Dog Walker wrote:
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Larry Stotler
wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Dog Walker
wrote: I can play DVDs with mplayer, but not with kaffeine nor xine. But it seems the problem lies with xine. I did uninstall then reinstall kaffeine: think that doing the same with xine might work?
That's because MPlayer has libdvdcss built into it(as does VLC I believe). Since libdvdcss is technically illegal is the US. UK , and other countries, it can't be included in openSUSE. Further, the MPEG2 compression used by DVDs is patented, and you are legally required to pay a royality to the MPEG association in order to play files using MPEG2. Programs like PowerDVD have licensed MPEG2.
This is a real grey area for many countries. Personally, I would recommend sticking with MPlayer and install one of the helper programs like SMPlayer. MPlayer and VLC are more powerful and feature rich than Xine/Kaffine, and everything you need is built-in. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I am using MPlayer now, but prefer Kaffeine's onscreen mouse-selectable menus.
Your above requirement works just great in VLC !!! -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org