On 27/04/14 19:47, Karl Sinn wrote:
DVDs have one set of hard-coded keys which were cracked and published a long time ago - to revoke or change them would have required replacing or manually 'updating' every DVD player (not a viable option.) The IP holders learnt this lesson well and so Blu-ray has mechanisms for revoking/updating keys and certificates. Just because the DRM algorythm is public domain, doesn't mean the keys are generally available.
It's not a matter of piety and purity - VLC have decided not to get involved in the key revoking/cracking/resetting cat-and-mouse game, that's all. There are places you can find to download key files to use, but the legality of doing so is doubtful.
Dx
Interesting topic :)
So why is VLC Windows allowed to get access to these keys but not VLC Linux? I have trouble to imagine, that Microsoft is paying fees to all the BlueRay producers...
You could have also added that the owners of openSUSE ( I don't now recall the full sordid story so check it out for yourself) were /(?)are in bed with MS so the whole thing is just posturing. (And don't forget that MS has now has had its day and is now an empire on the decline.) There are other programs, for example AnyDVD or DVDFab, which will "crack" any DVD or Bd disc thrown at them. So, please, let's come down to earth :-) . BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.13.0 & kernel 3.14.2-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org