Re: Prob watching DVDs

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

'Did you have  libdvdcss[1] installed?'

   I cant recall.  Thanks for the idea.

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 11:33 AM Matthias Petermann <mp%petermann-it.de@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hello Todd,
>
> On 05.06.23 09:29, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > I use both Xine and VLC Multimedia.
> >
> > Both work with certain DVD; fail to use outer DVD.
> > Why?  Is this because DVD is so old? Has this been fixed?
> > Is there information on different DVD due to their age?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
>
> It is possible that the failing DVDs are CSS encrypted. Did you have
> libdvdcss[1] installed?
>
> Looks like this library is only available in source form due to license
> restrictions. So you might need to compile it yourself with pkgsrc.
>
> Kind regards
> Matthias
>
>
> [1]
> https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/multimedia/libdvdcss/index.html