DVD playing on Linux

[Karl Larsen]

Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> Todd Zullinger wrote:
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>>>>    I agree with you. I got all that codex stuff and put it in 
>>>> /usr/lib/win98/ and that was supposed to work.
>>>>         
>> Is that a typo?  The dir should be /usr/lib/win32.  I don't know that
>> you need those codecs to play encrypted DVD's, but I always have them
>> around to play other videos anyway.
>>     
    Yes the stuff is in /usr/lib/win32/ and it's all executable.
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> The win32 codecs are not required in order to play a dvd. wind32 codecs
> are required to play proprietary formats that have a native windows
> library available.
>
> clearvideo, atrac3, some quicktime, vss, and wmv etc...
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>>>> It doesn't on FC4
>>>>         
>> It does for me.  I've watched commercial DVD's on my laptop with FC4.
>> I haven't tried with FC5 yet as I haven't had any desire to yet.
>> Scratch that, I just did it and it works in FC5 as well.  I have
>> totem-xine installed from livna as well as libdvdcss, libdvdread, and
>>     
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>> libdvdnav.
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>>>> I KNOW it's the stuff they put in the DVD to make it hard to copy
>>>> that is causing the problem because I have a DVD that is a policical
>>>> add MPlayer plays that just fine.
>>>>         
>> It's not really even there to make it hard to copy.  It's there to
>> make it easier for the movie studios to apply geographic restrictions
>> that should be going away in a networked world.  But the dinosaurs
>> never get that.  See the quotes from Jack Valenti on how the VCR would
>> be the end of the movie industry.
>>
>>     
>>>>    It seems that no-one knows how to get around this problem.
>>>>         
>> Many do and are working around it right now. :)
>>
>> The proper solution would be to remove the legal restrictions that
>> lead to this situation.  Of course, laws and politicians are easily
>> bought by movie studios (among others) so solving this problem likely
>> won't happen anytime soon, unfortunately.  Until then, I simply ignore
>> laws that infringe upon my rights.  YMMV.
>>
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