Hello List! I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning: "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source? The system is current using YOU. Wonder if 9.2 resolves this. Any comments will be appreciated. Ed
Ed Dober wrote:
Hello List!
I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning: "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source?
No, you can thank that Digital Millenium Copyright Act, for that one, which makes it illegal to develop a means of defeating encryption. Since the companies involved haven't bothered releasing a Linux version, there is no "legal" method for us to use.
Ed Dober wrote:
I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning: "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source?
Are you sure you know what open source means?
The system is current using YOU. Wonder if 9.2 resolves this. Any comments will be appreciated.
Check http://packman.links2linux.org/ for multimedia rpms with less restrictions or - because xine _is_ open source - compile it yourself from the (open!) sources. Guido -- Imperia AG, Development Leyboldstr. 10 - D-50354 Hürth - http://www.imperia.net/
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 08:45 am, Guido Flohr wrote:
Ed Dober wrote:
I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning: "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source?
Are you sure you know what open source means?
The system is current using YOU. Wonder if 9.2 resolves this. Any comments will be appreciated.
Check http://packman.links2linux.org/ for multimedia rpms with less restrictions or - because xine _is_ open source - compile it yourself from the (open!) sources.
That still wont do the trick. He needs the libdvdcss-1.2.8.tar.gz which gives him the css stuff so his computer can read/decode the dvd. You can find that file in a bunch of places on the net. Look especially to some French sources like the vlc project. Richard
Guido -- Imperia AG, Development Leyboldstr. 10 - D-50354 Hürth - http://www.imperia.net/
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 13:33, Richard wrote:
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 08:45 am, Guido Flohr wrote:
Ed Dober wrote:
I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning: "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source?
Are you sure you know what open source means?
The system is current using YOU. Wonder if 9.2 resolves this. Any comments will be appreciated.
Check http://packman.links2linux.org/ for multimedia rpms with less restrictions or - because xine _is_ open source - compile it yourself from the (open!) sources.
That still wont do the trick. He needs the libdvdcss-1.2.8.tar.gz which gives him the css stuff so his computer can read/decode the dvd. You can find that file in a bunch of places on the net. Look especially to some French sources like the vlc project. Richard
Also type in dvdcss in the search box on the packman site for further into and links to the packages. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
Richard wrote:
Check http://packman.links2linux.org/ for multimedia rpms with less restrictions or - because xine _is_ open source - compile it yourself from the (open!) sources.
That still wont do the trick. He needs the libdvdcss-1.2.8.tar.gz which gives him the css stuff so his computer can read/decode the dvd. You can find that file in a bunch of places on the net. Look especially to some French sources like the vlc project.
Or for an almost plug 'n play installation here: http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=122 Ciao Guido -- Imperia AG, Development Leyboldstr. 10 - D-50354 Hürth - http://www.imperia.net/
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 18:33, Richard wrote:
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 08:45 am, Guido Flohr wrote:
Ed Dober wrote:
I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning: "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source?
Are you sure you know what open source means?
The system is current using YOU. Wonder if 9.2 resolves this. Any comments will be appreciated.
Check http://packman.links2linux.org/ for multimedia rpms with less restrictions or - because xine _is_ open source - compile it yourself from the (open!) sources.
That still wont do the trick. He needs the libdvdcss-1.2.8.tar.gz which gives him the css stuff so his computer can read/decode the dvd. You can find that file in a bunch of places on the net. Look especially to some French sources like the vlc project. Richard
Guido -- Imperia AG, Development Leyboldstr. 10 - D-50354 Hürth - http://www.imperia.net/
another good source location I found for Xine, Libdvdcss and all the win codices I found is: http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ They also provide ample material on where to read up on how to install should you run into any snags. Good Luck, Cheers, Hanno
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 07:44:44PM +0000, Hanno Rollmann wrote:
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 18:33, Richard wrote:
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 08:45 am, Guido Flohr wrote:
Ed Dober wrote:
I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning: "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source?
Are you sure you know what open source means?
The system is current using YOU. Wonder if 9.2 resolves this. Any comments will be appreciated.
Check http://packman.links2linux.org/ for multimedia rpms with less restrictions or - because xine _is_ open source - compile it yourself from the (open!) sources.
That still wont do the trick. He needs the libdvdcss-1.2.8.tar.gz which gives him the css stuff so his computer can read/decode the dvd. You can find that file in a bunch of places on the net. Look especially to some French sources like the vlc project. Richard
Guido -- Imperia AG, Development Leyboldstr. 10 - D-50354 Hürth - http://www.imperia.net/
another good source location I found for Xine, Libdvdcss and all the win codices I found is:
I use that link too, all you have to do is open YAST and uninstall the Xine SUSE comes with and all the other things that have to go with it, and then use those RPMs, install, and you're done. The instructions on the page work well on every SUSE version I've tried, and I can now watch DVDs. I opened Xine and popped in a DVD, and then clicked on DVD and it loaded.
They also provide ample material on where to read up on how to install should you run into any snags.
Good Luck,
Cheers, Hanno
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Ed Dober wrote:
Hello List!
I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning: "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source? The system is current using YOU. Wonder if 9.2 resolves this. Any comments will be appreciated.
No. The legal reasons have nothing to do with open source. It is illegal in many countries to supply source code capable of reading DVDs. You can get xine from http://packman.links2linux.org/ and I think that version will work. But do so at your own risk. If that doesn't work, you could try the following, which worked for me on 9.1 and plays DVDs just fine with ogle. You'll also need to use YaST to set the DVD hdparm to UDMA33 or similar to get rid of choppiness. Before you read any more, bear in mind that it may be a criminal offense to so do. I could, in principle, be sent to prison for two years just for posting this message. Install ogle Download liba52 from http://liba52.sourceforge.net/files/a52dec-0.7.4.tar.gz to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/a52dec-0.7.4.tar.gz # cd a52dec-0.7.4 # CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=pentiumpro" ./configure # make (root) # make install Download libdvdcss from http://www.videolan.org/libdvdcss/download.html to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/libdvdcss-1.2.8 # cd libdvdcss-1.2.8 # CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure # make (root) # make install download ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/mad-0.14.2b.tar.gz and install dwnload ogle-0.9.2.tar.gz, libdvdread-0.9.4 and okle-0.3.tar.gz from http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/downloads.shtml # tar zxvf libdvdread-0.9.4.tar.gz # cd libdvdread-0.9.4/ # CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure --prefix=/usr # make (root) # make install # cd .. # tar zxvf ogle-0.9.2.tar.gz # cd ogle-0.9.1 # CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure # make (root) # make install # tar zxvf ogle-0.9.2.tar.gz # cd ogle-0.9.1 # CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure # make (root) # make install # tar zxvf okle-0.3.tar.gz # cd okle-0.3 # CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure --with-ogle-dir=/usr # make (root) # make install 13/4/2003 # tar zxvf xvattr-1.3.tar.gz # cd xvattr-1.3/ # CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure # make (root) # make install Test: works fine: fewer frames dropped than xine. -- JDL
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