Re: [SLE] cannot play commercial DVD's with open SUSE 10
- From: Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:53:48 -0500
On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 22:17 -0500, Ken Schneider wrote:
> 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.
Would have helped to include the link:
http://packman.links2linux.org/
>
> If you have more questions give us a holler back here on the list.
>
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Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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