libdvdcss - where did it go?

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Nov 26 18:29:45 UTC 2008


Jochen Schmitt wrote:

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> bl0ngo067 at aim.com schrieb:
>> I cannot play dvd's without libdvdcss, and when I searched for it in
> the repos it did not show up.  Is this packaged abandoned, or has it
> been replaced by something else?  If it was replaced, totem still has a
> window that pops up informing the user that they need to install
> libdvdcss to play dvds.
> 1.) libdvdcss was never been an official part of Fedora. It ware
> distribute via the livan repository, which never exist
> anymore.

livna still exists, and still distributes libdvdcss (but that's about it).

> 2.) AFAIK RPMFusion has decided not th distribute libdvdcss based on
> legal issues.

everything else has gone to rpmfusion.

-- Rex




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