Re: VLC

On May 27, 2021, at 9:59 PM, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
Is there a nice way  to search these mail threads with a SE?

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:55 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

 On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:44 PM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

 I been using VLC to listen to music recently.
 I tried to watch a DVD -- and it refuses to work.

 Is it better to invoke VLC 2 different ways :
     One way for music
     Another way for video

 Then I can stick them in an  mwm menu and click on the way I
 wish to invoke VLC...

 Some DVDs have CSS protection, which encrypts the DVD's data. I
 believe VLC needs a plugin to decode the encrypted data stream.

 I don't know what is needed for NetBSD, however. You might try
 installing libdvdcss if it is available. Also see the thread "Running
 VLC" by Todd Gruhn at
 https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2021/03/04/msg026673.html.

 For Ubuntu, the process is shown at
 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs.

 Jeff