[MPlayer-users] Newbie can't even watch a damn dvd

xi xizard at enib.fr
Thu Jul 24 16:30:34 CEST 2003


Daniel Kenzelmann wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
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> On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:32, xi wrote:
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>>Most DVD are encrypted, and I believe that's why you can't see them. I 
>>think Mandrake mplayer's packages don't include dvdCSS which is 
>>necessary to read those DVDs (legal issues).
>>In order to read those DVDs, you can uninstall mplayer packages you have 
>>installed, and try these from Penguin Liberation Front: http://plf.zarb.org/
>>Or, if there are too much dependencies issues, try to compile mplayer 
>>from source.
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> AFAIK you don't need dvdCSS to watch encrypted DVDs with mplayer.
> Better try to compile from source.
> 

Yes, I know, but what I meant is that Mandrake may have removed this 
code from mplayer for legal issue.

Regards,
			Xavier



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