package: libdvdread4 ? re: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
another source mentioned adding plf to your sources... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368415 Should be do-able, I think! a nifty perl-gui called dvd::rip might help too: http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ cheers, Ben On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Horst <[email protected]> wrote: > I got a European movie on DVD I am unable to play or even copy. The DVD is > new, and no wear visible. > > The only app I got to play some broken, pixelated scenes is SMPlayer. > I can't even copy some of the files from the command line (see below). > Trying to copy those files from an XP box is rejected with some > 'encryption' msg (I forgot exact wording) > > Some key parameters : > Region Code 2, PAL, 5.8 GiB, 2 Layers > For full K3b media info see below. > > So I guess, I need apps that remove the region code (either for copying, or > in DVD firmware?), then lossy compress the 5.8 GB into something that fits > on a regular DVD, but not sure about the 2 Layers issue? > PAL should be a non-issue on PC/3y old hardware, right? > > When I search the web, solutions seem plentiful, but murky. Murky in that > it's not really clear or clean what they want me to install on my box > (kubuntu 9.10). > Anything from official Ubuntu repository? > > Any ideas, other than buying a region code 0 player? ............Horst > > =============== cmd line (some numbers set to 111 )=============== > VIDEO_TS$ ll VTS_01_0* > -r--r--r-- 1 4294967111 4294967111 77821 2010-07-02 01:33 VTS_01_0.IFO > -r--r--r-- 1 4294967111 4294967111 77821 2010-07-02 01:33 VTS_01_0.BUP > -r--r--r-- 1 4294967111 4294967111 140185111 2010-07-02 01:33 VTS_01_0.VOB > > VIDEO_TS$ cp VTS_01_0* ~/Desktop/DVD_tmp/ > cp: reading `VTS_01_0.VOB': Input/output error > > VIDEO_TS$ file VTS_01_0.VOB > VTS_01_0.VOB: ERROR: cannot read `VTS_01_0.VOB' (Input/output error) > VIDEO_TS$ > > ============ K3b (some info x'ed out) ========== > Type: DVD-ROM > Media ID: unknown > Capacity: 676:43:xx min (5.8 GiB) > Used Capacity: 676:43:xx min (5.8 GiB) > Rewritable: no > Appendable: no > Empty: no > Layers: 2 > Sessions: 1 > ISO9660 Filesystem Info > > System Id: - > Volume Id: XXXXXXXXXXXX > Volume Set Id: UNDEFINED > Publisher Id: - > Preparer Id: - > Application Id: - > Volume Size: 5.8 GiB (2,048 B * 3,045,24x blocks = 6,236,665,xxx B) > Tracks > > Type Attributes First-Last Sector Length > 1 (Data) no copy/uninterrupted 0 - 3045246 3045247 (676:43:xx) > ================================================ > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > >
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