[NBLUG/talk] [WLUG] Playing DVDs

[Sys Admin]

http://www.fedorafaq.org/#dvd

this involves using the livna repository to get the libdvdcss library installed.

On 13:43 Mon 14 May     , Jack Smith wrote:
> How do I play an ordinary perfectly legal correct region DVD on Fedora Core
> 6?  Works fine on my DVD player hooked up to my television.
> 
> mplayer gives these messages
> 
> Encrypted VOB file! Read DOCS/HTML/en/cd- dvd.html.
> FATAL: Could not initialize video filters (-vf) or video output (-vo).
> 
> OK, mplayer says I need to set a region code on my DVD drive so I use
> regionset to do this.  I can play region 1 DVDs on my TV so I set it for
> region 2.  Now I get
> 
> libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
> libdvdread: Invalid IFO for VMGM (VIDEO_TS.IFO).
> 
> Fixed the first one by installing libdvdcss but the second message remains.
> Everything I can find claims the region code hasn't been set, but it has.
> Any ideas?
> 
> PS. xine doesn't work either, assuming I'm doing it right.  It's error
> message is
> 
> No input plugin available to handle "dvd:/".
> Maybe MRL syntax is wrong or file/stream source doesn't exist.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jack
> 
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