[NTLUG:Discuss] DVD player -- apt-get install libdvdcss ogle

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 10:23, clayramsey1 at comcast.net wrote:
> I finally got a DVD drive for my latitude cpi laptop... it was seen
> and loaded aok.  Fedora Core 2, BTW.

Do the following (as root):  


# apt-get mirror-select
# echo "rpm http://rpm.livna.org/ fedora/2/i386 stable unstable testing" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# apt-get update
# apt-get install libdvdcss ogle mplayer


Livna.org is a Red Hat 3rd Party repository that has many of the
"questionable licensed" programs that Red Hat cannot put into Fedora
Core, Extras, etc...

Another Livna.org goodie:

# apt-get install xmms-mp3

> I rpm --installed the rpms for the ogle player, but it "sorta" loads,
> and when I try to run /mnt/cdrom/VIDEO-TS (I think)/any subfile,
> the player terminates abruptly.
> 1) I don't have a /dev/dvd or anything like that.  Just /mnt/cdrom.
> I think THAT is a big part of the problem.  Remedy?
> 2) Are there any conf files / settings I need to alter?
> The Norwegian source / home for the Ogle player (supposed to be
> well-regarded, per Google) indicated this, but if you were building
> compiling.

You need "libdvdcss" so CSS copyprotected videos can be decoded and
played.  Many Ogle/MPlayer packages out there are _not_ built with
the "libdvdcss" library for various reasons like MPAA retribution.

The good news is that there is now a licensed PowerDVD player for Linux.
The bad news is that it doesn't seem like you can purchase it, it is
only bundled with TurboLinux.  The MPAA has only allowed it to be
bundled with embedded systems prior -- so I was even surprised to see
TurboLinux shipping it in its distros.

> So. where do I go?

Go nowhere.  Use Apt get to go for you.


David Ross wrote:
> I used source for the whole install.
> Never could get RPM dependencies right.

Apt-get to Livna.org does the job for me everytime.



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