Re: Prob watching DVDs

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

I just installed 'libdvdcss' -- prob is now fixed.

Why the diff between VLC and XINE?
I have on DVD that crashes VLC. This thing works with XINE.
HMMMMMMM ...

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 10:33 AM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> '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