Chris Wilkinson wrote:
Hi there,
Douglas Royds wrote:
Not a big success so far. I tried two different DVDs, with exactly the same result - the DVD spun up, then Totem crashed.
Running Mandrake 9.2.
I don't really know where to start on this one. Might the DVDs be encrypted? Would this cause Totem to simply crash? Totem will cheerfully play an audio CD on the same drive.
Totem uses the xine libs to decode movie content. If you do not have libdvdcss or another similar CSS descrambler installed that libxine can hook into, then 99% of commercial DVD's sold will not play on your system.
Replying to myself to add important details! :-)
You may need to download libdvdcss from the net, and few sites carry it (its a contentious issue in some countries, including NZ). If you would like I can email it to you (40 kB Mandrake-ised binary RPM).
Just let me know...
-- Kind regards,
Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand.
