The "Desired solution" could stand much improvement. The text should be much shorter (62 words is far too much for an alert); the button labels should not start with "Yes" or "No"; and it's not clear what should happen during or after installation.
Most importantly, though, it would be asking a question to which people couldn't reasonably be expected to know the answer. And if they didn't know the answer -- or even if they did know, and the answer was negative -- they would be steered towards having the DVD not play. All this while there's perfectly legal DVD-playing software available in Ubuntu Software Center! I propose instead that, first, we let people who know about libdvdcss, and who understand the risk (or otherwise) of it in their country, install it by any method they like. Second, if Totem opens to play an encrypted DVD while no known DVD-playing software is installed, we offer the solution that will work in practically every country: purchasing the DVD player software in Ubuntu Software Center. Third, that USC be smart enough to close, or be replaced by a progress window, or something like that, once you've started installing the one thing that it was opened to present. And fourth, that Totem (or GStreamer?) be smart enough to start playback automatically once installation completes. The third step is vague because it should be designed to be roughly consistent with the solution to bug 860536. And designing all four steps would require input from developers familiar with USC and GStreamer -- at least to decide which software should play which parts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137527 Title: Unhelpful response when inserting encrypted DVD in default installation Status in Ayatana Design: Triaged Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Fix Released Status in Totem Movie Player: In Progress Status in “libdvdnav” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “libdvdread” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “libgimme-codec” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “totem” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Without libdvdcss2, Totem, VLC, and others are unable to play my original DVD-s. I know it's illegal to ship Ubuntu with libdvdcss2, but it could be in multiverse repos, and totem's plugin installer could install it, OR add the medibuntu repo to the list (but leave unchecked), then Totem's plugin installer should give a hint, to use that repo's libdvdcss2 to play your DVDs. Newbies wont find out how to solve this problem by theirself, go back to win, and then it will be harder to solve the bug #1 :) ------------------------------------- Desired solution: When a user tries to play a dvd, a dialogue should pop up displaying the following message: "The DVD you have inserted cann't currently be played because the supporting software has not been installed. This is because it is not legal for Ubuntu to distribute this software in some countries. If you are certain that it is legal for you to install this software in your country, you can install it now. Would you like to install it now? <yes install now> <no thanks>" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/137527/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
