RE: [SLE] xine and kaffeine

-----Original Message----- From: John Andersen [mailto:jsa@pen.homeip.net] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 3:14 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] xine and kaffeine

On Thursday 29 July 2004 12:00 am, Gerhard den Hollander wrote:

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* Adam Cooper (Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 08:53:02AM +0100)

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On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 05:38, John Andersen wrote:

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Having both is not unusual - comes that way on SuSE 9.1, but SuSE installs a crippled xine.

How so? I'd like to know to see if it's worth replacing.

Legal reasons. e.g. DVD playback requires the DeCCS stuff, which is illegal under the DMCA in the US. (IIRC)

Ahem... I'd like you guys to continue this thread without my name in the subject. You have no idea how many filter rules you are tripping in my machine. ;-)

But since the US case was based on a Norway case (i think) It may be legal now in the US since the Norway case was dismissed.

It hasn't been back to court since the dismissal, and the motion picture industry has started to realize its a fools errand to pursue this just because its Linux and not Windows. They risk getting tossed out of court and losing more than its worth if they get in front of a somewhat smarter judge who decides that if you can play it on one computer you should be able to play it on ANY computer.

Ok, where is a good place to pull the "good" xine RPMs from? I finally started converting my home system to SuSE 9.1 last night, and want to get full multimedia support going. I noticed on Packman's site there's like 50 xine options... Also, I've noticed a fair number of sites that mention the DeCSS software don't have it available for download. (I do have apt installed -- does apt install xinelibs get the right one?)