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