[Liverpool] Ubuntu and libdvdcss - in fact any distro!

[tony burrows]

Thanks Paul, but it gets worse!

I did what you suggested and no joy.  So I installed Ubuntu on my 
desktop machine and did it there.  Everything worked.
Reformatted the hd on my laptop.  Reinstalled Ubuntu.  Made sure I had 
exactly the same packages as on the desktop.  Followed exactly the same 
routine as I did for the desktop.  Nothing!
Totem reports the disk is encrypted and I need libdvdcss, Kaffeine and 
Xine-ui both report that the disk can't be read or there is no dvd in 
the drive.  I don't _need_ to be able to play DVDs on the laptop, but 
this is driving me nuts.  Incidentally, all three play my unencrypted 
Mash DVDs with no problems.

Any ideas?

Tony

Paul Hendrick wrote:
> Hi Tony,
> try adding this:
> deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free
> to your /etc/apt/sources.list
> and then do apt-get update
>
> now install libdvdcss
>
> i'd guess installing from souces/tarballs isn't installing the lib in 
> the right place.
> you can look at what other packages are available in that repo by 
> snooping around http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/pool/dapper/
> there's lots of goodies in the 'PLF' repo's (package liberation front).
>
> (above, change dapper to breezy if that's your distro version)
>
> cheers,
> paul
>
> On 27 Jun 2006, at 15:24, tony burrows wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to play back commercial dvds on Ubuntu.
>>
>> I followed instructions to:
>> change from totem-gstreamer to totem-xine
>> install dvdread
>> run install-css.sh from the dvdread examples directory
>>
>> This installed libdvdcss.so.2.0.8
>>
>> When I try to play a dvd using totem it tells me the dvd is encrypted 
>> and I need to install libdvdcss!
>>
>> I've tried removing and re-installing totem, and also installing 
>> xine-ui to try that as a player - same result each time - no libdvdcss.
>>
>> Incidentally, I've had the same problem trying to get commercial dvds 
>> playing on my desktop machine with suse10 - claim that no libdvdcss 
>> is present wneh it is.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Tony
>>
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