On 1/22/07, Mark Knoop <mpknoop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The others (mplayer, xine, etc) can play unencrypted dvds if you install libdvdread which is free. To play css encrypted dvds you need to also install libdvdcss (non-free).
In what sense is libdvdcss non-free? /* libdvdcss.c: DVD reading library. * * Authors: St<E9>phane Borel <stef@xxxxxxxxxx> * Samuel Hocevar <sam@xxxxxxx> * H<E5>kan Hjort <d95hjort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> * * Copyright (C) 1998-2002 VideoLAN * * Modified for use with MPlayer, changes contained in libdvdcss_changes.diff. * detailed CVS changelog at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/main/ * $Id: libdvdcss.c 18110 2006-04-15 21:45:29Z reimar $ * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. etc. etc. Andras
