On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 06:48, yuri wrote: > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:44:00 +1300, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > > Sadly libdvdcss has not been updated since I was young (somewhat an > > overstatement, computers did not exist back then!).
<quote http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/NEWS $Id: NEWS 152 2004-02-24 15:47:00Z sam $ Changes between 1.2.7 and 1.2.8: -------------------------------- * win32 fix for encrypted DVDs. * workaround for strange discs that report read errors seemingly at random. </quote> You demonstrate remarkable literacy skills for someone so young. :-) I too have found that the workaround does not work properly. > > This means CSS > > on some discs is difficult/impossible to decrypt. With the legality > > Well that explains why I couldn't play Red Dwarf when I could play > several other DVDs. I have found libdvdcss to be somewhat intermittent too. I have come to the conclusion that some (recent) DVDs have some sectors with deliberate checksum errors, thus giving an I/O error on a computer. > > of using libdvdcss in some countries a big issue its not really > > surprising to me that an update has not been forthcoming for so > > long... > > Isn't there a free country somewhere that has developers? :-( That of your ancestors perhaps? You can now buy Linspire with a legal and licenced DVD player incorporated. http://www.linspire.com/lindows_dvd_info.php I wish I knew if it: a) was viable with other distributions, b) worked properly. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
