[juneau-lug] Re: test

  • From: "Kevin Miller" <Kevin_Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:04:18 -0800

James Zuelow wrote:
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> SuSE breaks Xine to not play any DVD: mrl.  Doesn't matter if you have
> libdvdcss/libdvdread installed, or if the DVD you're trying to play is
> unencrypted.  This is as of SuSE 9.3, the last time I installed that
> OS.=20
>=20
>=20
> It just pops up an error box that says you can't play DVDs on Linux.
>=20
> Kevin - does 10 still ship with non-DVD playing Xine?

They do a couple of weird things.  They'll play a non-encrypted DVD out
of the box but they do cripple their xine.  The thing to do w/SuSE is to
uninstall the default xine, then go to Packman's website
(http://packman.links2linux.org/) and grab his builds, then install
libdvdcss.  Since they've gone to OpenSUSE and have more community
involvement in the build things may get better.  I added a couple of
non-stock repositories to YaST's install source so I don't need the CDs
or DVD to install programs I don't have.  That works pretty well, but
it's a bit of after install futzing that I could live w/o.

Novell is hosting, or at least points to Packman on their site.  Or
maybe Packman is on of the mirrors?  I forget.  They're not official
rpms exactly, but it is an easy way for Novell to dodge the lawsuits and
still provide the functionality.  Only thing is, you have to hang out in
the newsgroups or read a bunch of web pages to get up to speed on it...

...Kevin
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