On 5/4/21 6:39 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 04/05/2021 07.31, Bernd Ritter wrote:

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Hi pj,

did you try other movies as well? Hi, Bernd Ritter, I actually did not try another movie. Good point on that. 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.

And the keys needed for that single DVD could have been saved. Just an idea.

Thanks for your input on this. The laptop is currently now in an unbootable state (Working on that issue). -Regards

* Mark Hounschell [05-05-21 08:15]:

On 5/4/21 11:04 PM, -pj wrote:

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On 5/4/21 6:39 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 04/05/2021 07.31, Bernd Ritter wrote:

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Hi pj,

did you try other movies as well? Hi, Bernd Ritter, I actually did not try another movie. Good point on that. 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.

And the keys needed for that single DVD could have been saved. Just an idea.

Thanks for your input on this. The laptop is currently now in an unbootable state (Working on that issue).

-Regards

I thought I read somewhere that if you had the packman repo setup, you did not need the libdvdcss2 repo.

packman does not provide libdvdcss, nor the capability to bypass it. videolan provides libdvdcss and libdvdcss is still required for many files. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode

On 05/05/2021 16.25, Mark Hounschell wrote:

On 5/5/21 9:52 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Mark Hounschell <> [05-05-21 08:15]:

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On 5/4/21 11:04 PM, -pj wrote:

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On 5/4/21 6:39 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 04/05/2021 07.31, Bernd Ritter wrote:

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Hi pj,

did you try other movies as well? Hi, Bernd Ritter, I actually did not try another movie. Good point on that. 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.

And the keys needed for that single DVD could have been saved. Just

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idea.

Thanks for your input on this. The laptop is currently now in an unbootable state (Working on that issue).

-Regards

I thought I read somewhere that if you had the packman repo setup, you did not need the libdvdcss2 repo.

packman does not provide libdvdcss, nor the capability to bypass it.

videolan provides libdvdcss

and libdvdcss is still required for many files.

From https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories

VLC VideoLan client:

VLC Repositories for openSUSE contains all the required libraries that are not shipped with original openSUSE. (VLC is also provided by Packman, do not add both repositories.)

Well, whoever wrote that simply forgot about libdvdcss. You only need it if you want to play commercial DVDs. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On 06/05/2021 11.20, Dave Howorth wrote:

On Wed, 5 May 2021 22:12:58 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:

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On 05/05/2021 16.25, Mark Hounschell wrote:

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On 5/5/21 9:52 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Mark Hounschell <> [05-05-21 08:15]:

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On 5/4/21 11:04 PM, -pj wrote:

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I thought I read somewhere that if you had the packman repo setup, you did not need the libdvdcss2 repo.

packman does not provide libdvdcss, nor the capability to bypass it.

videolan provides libdvdcss

and libdvdcss is still required for many files.

From https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories

VLC VideoLan client:

VLC Repositories for openSUSE contains all the required libraries that are not shipped with original openSUSE. (VLC is also provided by Packman, do not add both repositories.)

Well, whoever wrote that simply forgot about libdvdcss. You only need it if you want to play commercial DVDs.

Are you sure?

AFAICT packman has 1.4.0 from four years ago. VLC has 1.4.2 from 6 months ago. ??

Packman doesn't have the package, I just looked. There is 1.4.2-1.3 at videolan repo (according to YaST). I don't have a videolan repo, it is in fact the opensuse-guide one:

Telcontar:~ # zypper se --details libdvdcss Loading repository data... Reading installed packages...

S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository ---+-----------------------+------------+-----------+--------+--------------------- | libdvdcss | srcpackage | 1.4.2-1.3 | noarch | Libdvdcss Repository | libdvdcss-debugsource | package | 1.4.2-1.3 | x86_64 | Libdvdcss Repository | libdvdcss-devel | package | 1.4.2-1.3 | x86_64 | Libdvdcss Repository i+ | libdvdcss2 | package | 1.4.2-1.3 | x86_64 | Libdvdcss Repository | libdvdcss2-debuginfo | package | 1.4.2-1.3 | x86_64 | Libdvdcss Repository Telcontar:~ #

Telcontar:~ # zypper lr --details | grep Libdvdcss 32 | opensuse-guide.org-repo | Libdvdcss Repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ | Telcontar:~ #

-- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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On 06/05/2021 11.20, Dave Howorth wrote:

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On Wed, 5 May 2021 22:12:58 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:

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On 05/05/2021 16.25, Mark Hounschell wrote:

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On 5/5/21 9:52 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Mark Hounschell <> [05-05-21 08:15]: > On 5/4/21 11:04 PM, -pj wrote:

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> I thought I read somewhere that if you had the packman repo > setup, you did not need the libdvdcss2 repo.

packman does not provide libdvdcss, nor the capability to bypass it.

videolan provides libdvdcss

and libdvdcss is still required for many files.

From https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories

VLC VideoLan client:

VLC Repositories for openSUSE contains all the required libraries that are not shipped with original openSUSE. (VLC is also provided by Packman, do not add both repositories.)

Well, whoever wrote that simply forgot about libdvdcss. You only need it if you want to play commercial DVDs.

Are you sure?

AFAICT packman has 1.4.0 from four years ago. VLC has 1.4.2 from 6 months ago. ??

Packman doesn't have the package, I just looked.

What is https://pmbs.links2linux.de/package/show/Essentials/libdvdcss2

Yes, but it is not published. Try to find it here, for instance: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/Essential... Then, if you look again at the packman build servive, "repositories" tab: https://pmbs.links2linux.de/repositories/Essentials/libdvdcss2 you notice that publishing is disabled.

I don't know about repository names. What I do know is that yast says the libdvdcss2 I have installed has a URL of http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/

So specifically, it appears to me that all the required packages ARE available from videolan as the web page says and not as you intimate.

Confussion. I did not say that videolan does not have the required packages, but that packman doesn't. Yes, videolan generates the package: Telcontar:~ # rpm -qi libdvdcss2 Name : libdvdcss2 Version : 1.4.2 Release : 1.3 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Fri Jan 1 00:48:08 2021 Group : System/Libraries Size : 179509 License : GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sun Jun 28 20:09:07 2020, Key ID b2f796e76867f5be Source RPM : libdvdcss-1.4.2-1.3.src.rpm Build Date : Mon Feb 24 17:44:35 2020 Build Host : messiah Relocations : (not relocatable) Packager : ... Vendor : VideoLAN Project (http://www.videolan.org) URL : http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/ Summary : A library designed for accessing encrypted DVDs Description : libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device without having to bother about the decryption. Distribution: SuSE / Leap_15.2 Telcontar:~ # It has been generated by the videolan project, yes, but I have it downloaded from http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/. It is a fact, I don't have the videolan repo in my list. To know what repository it was actually installed from, a different double query is needed: Telcontar:~ # zypper se --details libdvdcss Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository - ---+-----------------------+------------+-----------+--------+--------------------- | libdvdcss | srcpackage | 1.4.2-1.3 | noarch | Libdvdcss Repository | libdvdcss-debugsource | package | 1.4.2-1.3 | x86_64 | Libdvdcss Repository | libdvdcss-devel | package | 1.4.2-1.3 | x86_64 | Libdvdcss Repository i+ | libdvdcss2 | package | 1.4.2-1.3 | x86_64 | Libdvdcss Repository | libdvdcss2-debuginfo | package | 1.4.2-1.3 | x86_64 | Libdvdcss Repository Telcontar:~ # zypper lr --details | grep Libdvdcss 32 | opensuse-guide.org-repo | Libdvdcss Repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ | First query says that I have installed "libdvdcss2" from repo "Libdvdcss Repository", and the second says the URL for "Libdvdcss Repository" is "http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/". - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHkEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYJPJRRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVfcEAnjyVgJ6i33xlW5SbuT0A xjefUF6NAJiZGEFeOA+6uRMpiKpp3UCR0ZlB =7afx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Missed Carlos' comment on my last post. :| On 5/5/21 4:48 PM, -pj wrote:

On 5/5/21 9:25 AM, Mark Hounschell wrote:

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On 5/5/21 9:52 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Mark Hounschell [05-05-21 08:15]:

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On 5/4/21 11:04 PM, -pj wrote:

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On 5/4/21 6:39 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 04/05/2021 07.31, Bernd Ritter wrote: > Hi pj, > > did you try other movies as well? Hi, Bernd Ritter, I actually did not try another movie. Good point on that. > 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.

And the keys needed for that single DVD could have been saved. Just an idea.

Thanks for your input on this. The laptop is currently now in an unbootable state (Working on that issue).

-Regards

I thought I read somewhere that if you had the packman repo setup, you did not need the libdvdcss2 repo.

packman does not provide libdvdcss, nor the capability to bypass it.

videolan provides libdvdcss

and libdvdcss is still required for many files.

From https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories

VLC VideoLan client:

VLC Repositories for openSUSE contains all the required libraries that are not shipped with original openSUSE. (VLC is also provided by Packman, do not add both repositories.)

???

Mark

I have been confused at the link/place that Mark has noted above: -> From https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories -- It just seemed to me at that time (where is the best place to locate "libdvdcss" then?).

-Thanks

On 06/05/2021 00.28, DennisG wrote:

On 5/5/21 5:48 PM, -pj wrote:

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On 5/5/21 9:25 AM, Mark Hounschell wrote:

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On 5/5/21 9:52 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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I have been confused at the link/place that Mark has noted above: -> From https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories -- It just seemed to me at that time (where is the best place to locate "libdvdcss" then?).

-Thanks

Get libdvdcss2 from the VLC repo, as provided on the page above (under http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/).

There is a caveat. You can get the package from there, but if you also added the packman repo, it is better you don't keep both repos, there are conflicts. So one possibility is to enable the vlc repo, install just that single package, then disable the repo. Or download the package and install it separately. Or you can use this other repo: http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.2 that only has this single package :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

-pj composed on 2021-05-05 19:55 (UTC-0500):

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Or you can use this other repo: http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.2 that only has this single package :-) I am getting an error attempting to open that link as follows: "Forbidden you don't have permission to access this resource."

You can't see it. Zypper can: # zypper lr -d | grep css 3 | Libdvdcss | Libdvdcss | Yes | (r ) Yes | No | 99 | rpm-md | https://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ | # zypper in -f --dry-run libdvdcss2 Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Forcing installation of 'libdvdcss2-1.4.2-1.3.x86_64' from repository 'Libdvdcss'. Resolving package dependencies... The following package is going to be reinstalled: libdvdcss2 1 package to reinstall. Overall download size: 66.2 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. No additional space will be used or freed after the operation. Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y Checking for file conflicts: (1 skipped) ..............................................................................................................................................[done] Warning: 1 package had to be excluded from file conflicts check because it is not yet download. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/

On 06/05/2021 02.55, -pj wrote:

On 5/5/21 7:17 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 06/05/2021 00.28, DennisG wrote:

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On 5/5/21 5:48 PM, -pj wrote:

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On 5/5/21 9:25 AM, Mark Hounschell wrote:

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Get libdvdcss2 from the VLC repo, as provided on the page above (under http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/).

There is a caveat. You can get the package from there, but if you also added the packman repo, it is better you don't keep both repos, there are conflicts. So one possibility is to enable the vlc repo, install just that single package, then disable the repo. Or download the package and install it separately.

Or you can use this other repo: http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.2 that only has this single package :-) I am getting an error attempting to open that link as follows: "Forbidden you don't have permission to access this resource."

That is normal. Also happens with the nvidia repo some times. Just add the repo with zypper or yast and it works. Anyway, that library never changes. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)