I did some online research and came across this site: http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/
Basically, it is recommended to uninstall Kaffeine and xine from Suse, and install the binaries (or compile from source) listed on the above page. I went through the steps, and had some success. The RealPlayer plugin failed to install due to a missing dependancy, but that wasn't a big loss. Other than that, I was up and watching "Willow" pretty quick. Now I just need to change the file associations to not reference Kaffeine. Maybe this will help someone else out down the road. Shawn On Sunday 15 August 2004 22:58, Neil Bower wrote: > On Sun August 15 2004 22:19, Shawn wrote: > > Hi gang. > > > > I just tried to put the classic movie "Willow" into my DVD drive. I got > > a prompt that indicated a multimedia cd had been inserted, and would I > > like to open it with Kaffeine. "Sure!" I said, but then Kaffeine > > complained it didn't have the codec... A message appeared stating "This > > version of Xine lacks support for playing DVD discs for legal reasons", > > and gave a reference to a URL for more detail > > (http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/09/xine_dvd.html). So, it looks as > > though there are no DVD movie players available. > > You will need the libdvdcss - make sure you get the open source one. > Once you have installed that and if you are still having problems, > uninstall the Suse xine and kaffine and install the native versions. That > will cure it. > > > <rant> > > What kind of Crock is this? I own a legal copy, and simply want to watch > > it on my computer - how is this "legally" different than putting it in my > > DVD player connected to the TV? And why is it I can play DVD's under > > Windows then? I have to say I am VERY disappointed - but not with Suse > > (or the Open Source community) per se - I suspect they are simply victims > > of the RIAA/Movie industry legal juggernaut. Well, too easy - I now > > refuse to buy any DVDs until I can watch them under Linux. Guess that > > kinda backfired on them.... (realistically, this won't matter at all to > > them, but at least I feel like I've made my stand). > > </rant> > > I think the biggest reason that Suse has changed their policy on the > operation of encrypted DVDs is the fact that they are now owned by > Novell..... > > Neil _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
