On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 2:25:04 PM UTC-4, Piit wrote: > Hello, > > > > I've found an easy way to play DVDs adding a few packages to my > Debian Template based multimedia App VM. > > Scroll down for a short installation howto. > > > > > On 05/08/2017 09:06 PM, cooloutac > wrote: > > > > On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 2:25:51 PM UTC-4, Ted Brenner wrote: > > > Yeah, I've just struggled with installing the libraries to play > protected content. The documentation for Linux doesn't seem to be very good > nor very up-to-date. But I can attach the DVD in an AppVM and I do have VLC > installed. Just can't get over the next hurdle. > > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Ted Brenner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've struggled with multimedia as well. I've just been trying to > play a DVD > but not be able to get it to work. Though I think this is not a Qubes issue > so much as a Linux issue. I have an old Mac that use for this so I haven't > been highly motivated to make it work. But I'm definitely interested in what > others find as I'd like to have one computer that can solve all my needs. > > > > for HBO and stuff like that you need install HAL and flash and use > firefox. > > Another option instead of installing flash is intall pipelight and enable > wildvine and flash throught that. Another option for netflix is to enable > silverlight through that if you rather use ff for netflix. > > > > > To play DVDs within Qubes I have used my new multimedia App VM > (which can also play Spotify and Netflix, see post from yesterday). > > The multimedia App-VM is based on the Debian 8 Template in Qubes 3.2 > > > > Some suggested to install the whole desktop within the Debian Image, > I don't want to install everything but only the stuff, that is > really needed. > > As such I have looked at the Debian documentation > > > Launch Debian 8 Template VM and install the Qubes Proxy Tools, > so that you can pass your (external?) DVD-Drive via sys-usb to > the multimedia App-VM. Strangely the qubes-usb-proxy seems to be > installed within the fedora template but not in the debian > template. > > > > In Debian Template VM: > > sudo apt-get install qubes-usb-proxy > > > > > Install libdbdread4 from the default repositories: > > > > In Debian Template VM: > > apt-get install libdvdread4 > > > > Install libdvdcss for the decryption of CSS protected-DVDs. > > Because of license restrictions in various countries this can't > be done from the Debian repositories but needs to be installed > manually. > > (not that hard :-)). > > Download the packaged .deb from: > http://www.deb-multimedia.org/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/package/libdvdcss2 > > > > In Debian Template VM: > > wget > http://www.deb-multimedia.org/pool/main/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.3.0-dmo1_amd64.deb > > sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.3.0-dmo1_amd64.deb > > > > > I like to use VLC to playback Video/DVDs - you might want to > use another player, but VLC works fine. > > As this is not installed in the default Debian Template: > > > > In Debian Template VM: > > sudo apt-get install vlc > > > > This will also install some dependencies. > > > > > Shutdown the Debian Template VM and launch your multimedia App > VM > > > > > Plugin your external USB DVD-Drive (if you don't have an > internal drive) and pass it to the multimedia App VM > > > > In dom0: > > qvm-usb -a multimedia sys-usb:3-6 > > > > > Launch VLC > > > > qvm-run multimedia vlc > > > > Warning: a window will open in the background which will ask for > collecting metadata information. > > I haven't seen the window as it was covered by the VLC main > window, so that I couldn't launch any commands in this window. > > > > > Open DVD within VLC: > > Media > Open Disk > > You can leave the defaults (/dev/sr0) and just hit play > > > > > > > Enjoy your DVD, I'll try to add this to the Qubes documentation > if this is not present. > > > > Regards > > - P
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