On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 10:48, Anders Johansson wrote:
After installing libxine1, xine-ui and libdvdcss2 from packman (a five minute job) I have *never* failed to get dvd playing running, I really would like to know what it is that makes this so difficult for others
I'm not complaining at all, and I think one should try things out before asking for help, but I can't get it right yet, and since you asked :) here is my experience. I followed this thread for some time and then went to packman to get the appropriate packages. It looks like the major package to get is libdvdcss2 so I tried downloading that. The link on the packman site for downloading libdvdcss2 took me to a page in german which I do not understand. At the bottom of that page is the link to download libdvdcss2-1.2.8-0.pm.2.nosrc.rpm and a GPG-Signatur .asc file. The file size (from the rpm itself) is supposed to be 213.8 kilobites. I repeatedly tried to download the file and I only get a 9.6 kilobite file? If I try to install this file with rpm -ivh the file seems to install but rpm -qa shows no rpm installed. It also complains that certain user (a german name I think) does not exist so it is insalling it as root? Is this the right url for packman? http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=124 I found libdvdcss-1.2.8.tar.gz, I think through a link in packman and I know generally how to install this type of file, but is this the right file to install for Suse 9.1 pro? Perhaps the german page gives instructions, but since the packman page is in english this seems strange. I also looked at the Suse unofficial FAQ but there is nothing there about playing DVD's. By the way I have been using linux for about five years and I got DVD's to play on Red Hat - several versions, and it was much easier than this (I've switched over - not a complaint). I know I havent asked any questions and I will probaly keep trying on my own, but as a desktop user (with no programming skills) I find this unnecessarily difficult. Having said this I would also like to say that Suse 9.1 has been a breeze to configure in virtually everything else. Gus.