Hi pj, did you try other movies as well? Some DVDs do not have encryption and play fine without libdvdcss2. Also are you sure, that libdvdcss2 was uninstalled? Just by removing the repository this does not happen. Cheers, Bernd Am 04.05.21 um 06:21 schrieb -pj:
I was working with my Compaq nc-6400 laptop yesterday (openSUSE TW) and I installed the "Packman Essentials" repository also "libdvdcss2" from the following links I have documented.
Packman Essentials -> "https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories" I am seeing now that the openSUSE TW portal located here "https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed" has maybe a better link for "Packman Essentials" under the "Multimedia Codecs" section. Than what I have been using currently.
My main question here is perhaps the following: Is the "libdvdcss2" repository needed for DVD playback anymore?
libdvdcss2 -> https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/523474-Multimedia-Guide-for-openS...
I ended up removing the "libdvdcss2" repository (for some reason) then (I am not sure if it was necessary) Powercycled the laptop. VLC media player loaded the movie DVD perfectly with no notable problems/issues detected.
How can this be? I made certain and saw with "zypper lr" that there is absolutely no "libdvdcss2" repository left on the computer. Is it not necessary anymore for DVD/CD playback? At this time the computer is unbootable due to a bug in the "5.12.0-1-pae kernel" but ugh I would like to get your thoughts even if brief on this maybe.
Thanks