Re: [SLE] Xine and DVD

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:46:28 +0000
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Ed Dober wrote:
> Hello List!
>
> I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro and found the following warning:
> "This version of xine lacks support for playing DVD discs
> for legal reasons." Not-so-open-source?
> The system is current using YOU. Wonder if 9.2 resolves this.
> Any comments will be appreciated.

No. The legal reasons have nothing to do with open source. It is illegal
in many countries to supply source code capable of reading DVDs. You can
get xine from http://packman.links2linux.org/ and I think that version
will work. But do so at your own risk.

If that doesn't work, you could try the following, which worked for me
on 9.1 and plays DVDs just fine with ogle. You'll also need to use YaST
to set the DVD hdparm to UDMA33 or similar to get rid of choppiness.

Before you read any more, bear in mind that it may be a criminal offense
to so do. I could, in principle, be sent to prison for two years just
for posting this message.

Install ogle
Download liba52 from
http://liba52.sourceforge.net/files/a52dec-0.7.4.tar.gz
to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/a52dec-0.7.4.tar.gz
# cd a52dec-0.7.4
# CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=pentiumpro" ./configure
# make
(root) # make install
Download libdvdcss from http://www.videolan.org/libdvdcss/download.html
to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/libdvdcss-1.2.8
# cd libdvdcss-1.2.8
# CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure
# make
(root) # make install
download ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/mad-0.14.2b.tar.gz
and install
dwnload ogle-0.9.2.tar.gz, libdvdread-0.9.4 and okle-0.3.tar.gz
from http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/downloads.shtml
# tar zxvf libdvdread-0.9.4.tar.gz
# cd libdvdread-0.9.4/
# CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure --prefix=/usr
# make
(root) # make install
# cd ..
# tar zxvf ogle-0.9.2.tar.gz
# cd ogle-0.9.1
# CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure
# make
(root) # make install
# tar zxvf ogle-0.9.2.tar.gz
# cd ogle-0.9.1
# CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure
# make
(root) # make install
# tar zxvf okle-0.3.tar.gz
# cd okle-0.3
# CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure --with-ogle-dir=/usr
# make
(root) # make install
13/4/2003
# tar zxvf xvattr-1.3.tar.gz
# cd xvattr-1.3/
# CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" ./configure
# make
(root) # make install

Test: works fine: fewer frames dropped than xine.

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