On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 08:21:54AM +0200, houghi wrote:
On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 07:57:26AM +0200, Daniel Bertolo wrote:
Playing unencrypted DVDs is legal. But in order to play encrypted DVDs you need DeCSS which is supported by xine. But actually this is illegal in most countries. So you have to add it on your own. I proposed in an earlier post that Novell shall sell PowerDVD for Linux in an online store for some bucks. I would buy it.
If it is buyable outside of the standard boxed set, I would rather see it to be buyable for all Linux users. The only links I found were to Cyberlink and they do not sell the Linux version to individuals.
The problem is that they have to integrate tightly with the shipping X Server to fulfill the mandatory copy protection mechanisms (macrovision). This makes shipping a generic DVD player for Linux very difficult. Ciao, Marcus