[MPlayer-users] dvd play problem (scrambled)

[Alexander Roalter]

Adrian Grajdeanu wrote:
> keys for this disk were already cached in ~/.dvdcss/CHARLOTTE_DISC1-...
Ah, the Code Name for Star Wars EP III :)



OTOH: I have a few DVDs I don't seem to be able to crack the key on some 
of the Titles. Whilst all other titles play well, mplayer takes about 
half a minute trying to break the key for say Title 17, but then bails 
out printing "failing to crack key ... something"

As this key is then not stored in the disc cache (~/.dvdcss), everytime 
I try to play a title from this dvd, I get the same waiting and the same 
error. A few examples are some german minor label DVDs, but also the 
Canadian Collector's Edition for "Ginger Snaps".

Isn't libdvdcss supposed to crack any of them, with a fallback to brute 
force in case everything else fails?

Could this also be related to setting the region code? Still is this 
necessary? I never booted any RC-Aware software (or OS running it) on 
this computer, it was linux from the get-go). I still have to play both 
RC1 and RC2 (which I don't really assume is a problem once the region is 
set, but someone might enlighten me here...)

To complete this message, the same occurs with both my DVD drives (where 
one happens to be a DVD writer). Of course none of them have any region 
set, so this might be a problem, but I'd still be interested in the 
technical background as to why the RC has to be set in the first place.

Cheers,
Alex