On Monday 04 June 2001 01:50 pm, you wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Vincent Meyer wrote:
> > Currently running a Gateway Solo 9100 laptop with a Matshita SR-8171,
> > and I'm currently haveing problems reading DVD data with it.
>
> Some DVDs are protected with an evil mechanism called content scambling
> system (CSS) and you can not read the files using normal file system tools.
> Instead, you have to get the package libcss from http://linuxvideo.org/ and
> then use the css_cat program to read a file.
> Cheap DVDs often come without CSS and country code protection, so you were
> probably using an unprotected disc before.
Nope, exactly the same disk :-( Have libcss in xine, and xine won't play
- hangs while trying to read from the drive. Will look for css_cat, and let
you know!
>
> Arnd <><
