Re: [SLE] cannot play commercial DVD's with open SUSE 10

On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 19:27 -0700, kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> Hi List;
>
> I've just installed openSUSE v10 on an IBM thinkpad but I cannot play
> commercial DVD's. I've installed xine and xine-lib but I get the following
> error when I attempt to run play a DVD with xine or kaffiene:
>
> Warning: This version of Xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal
> reasons. Please go to http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/09/xine_dvd.html for
> further details.
>
> If I go to this url it simply tells me there is no legal dvd player for linux.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help...
>
>
Go to this link and search for libdvdcss and follow the directions to
install the package. Then search for and install the xine packages so
you have software that is not crippled.

If you have more questions give us a holler back here on the list.

--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998


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