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