On Sunday 16 October 2005 00:04, Basil Chupin wrote:
How is it possible in this year 2005 for an installed piece of software in SuSE to be crippleware so that it is not able to play DVDs?
A couple of years ago (give or take 5 years) it was suggested to me to use I think XINE - and I did most successfully at the time. Now I find that xine as I knew it then does not exist (?turned into kaffeine) and the file which was needed to make it all work correctly - libdvdcss - is not where to be found, at least for me.
Can someone please give me a place where I can download a program which will play DVDs without all the crap about 'possibly breaking country's laws' and thus making some s/ware crippleware?
I agree it is totally fscked that SuSE doesn't include DVD playback out of the box. I cannot belive that their lawyers are so fscking lame they can't negotiate a contract to provide CSS on thier incuded DVD player and then simply charge a few cents more per box. I can understand if it isn' t included on the download but give me a break - I get a crippled version from the box. Anyway, go to http://rpm.pbone.net and lookfor libdvdcss2 and you'll be set in no time. Though I have little value in watching a dvd from my laptop, here is a shot from today on my 10 system... http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/laptop_desktop3.jpg 'nuff said. -- kai www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part