Re: Movie Player for Ubuntu
From: Jim (james_at_the-computer-shop.co.uk)
Date: 06/15/05
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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:42:16 GMT
Marek Williams wrote:
> Ubuntu 5.04 on AMD-64. It comes with Totem. But when I inserted a
> movie that I bought at a local store, Totem popped up and announced
> "unable to play media: unspecified error."
>
> From reading on the net it appears that MPlayer might be better. But
> it's not listed in synaptic. Is it possible to install it in Ubuntu?
> Or are there other options besides Totem and MPlayer?
>
> --
> Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here.
The unspecified error is CSS locking. Try a homebrew DVD, a Region 0 (if
you're anywhere but region 1), or a copy of a public domain movie (which
shouldn't be locked).
Even with Linux, a license is required for a CSS decryption device (in
this context, a software key).
I have my own method of dealing with CSS/Macrovision/region coded DVDs.
I don't buy them.
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