Hello from Adam. Welcome to the world of Linux. This is a world where Digital Rights Management collides with Fair Use with an OpenSource Operating System. Novell/SuSE does not have the financial resources to fight all those legal knuckleheads who have nothing better to do. If you don't mind the inconvience of downloading some libraries then fine. Otherwise, if you can program, write a util that will do it automatically. What can you do about it? Get a group together and make noise. Let them know as a group you use SuSE and want the functionality of watching DVDs. However, this topic has been beaten to death here and elsewhere. Adam -----Original Message----- From: Steven Pasternak Subj: [SLE] Adding a DVD Player to Commercial product Date: Sat Mar 4, 2006 9:14 pm Size: 866 bytes To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Does anybody know why Novell won't add any kind of DVD support in even the commercial product? I mean, if I go out and pay money for the software, why can't it play DVDs. I understand why this is so for OpenSUSE, since it is free and all, but recompiling xine to have DVD support is becoming a real pain. I also like to use kaffeine, too, but even if xine likes DVDs, the kaffeine that came with SUSE 10 still won't play them! I heard that Novell might put all of the commercial stuff on a separate CD for 10.1, so why couldn't some DVD playing application be on it? I know that the license for DVDs gets in the way, but come on. -Steven -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com