On Monday 18 June 2007 21:19, Karl Larsen wrote: > I was told that if I did this my FC6 would let me look at DVD movies: > > > If you're happy to run patent encumbered software then you can configure > the livna repository by installing the rpm at: > > http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm > > ..and then run > > yum install totem-xine > > ..to install a version of totem which can play DVDs. > > Well I did all this and had to use "rpm -e --nodeps totem before I > could yum totem-xine which turns out is 6 rpm files with success. But it > seemed to work. > > But when I put the free DVD I picked up on the counter of a Mc > Donalds store it again complains about a lack of drivers and will not > show the DVD. Of course the DVD can be shown on FC4 and WindowsXP and on > the DVD player hooked to our big computer. > > The reason stated for the problem is that all DVD's are having > protection from theft. Since the one I am trying was free, what IS going > on? > > Karl Hi Karl. I know this can be one hell of a problem, but have you also installled libdvdcss2, which decodes encoded dvd's. It may be free, but still may be encoded. You say it plays on FC4. What do you have on FC4 that you perhaps don't have on FC6 for playing DVD's. I have to admit that I've never got anywhere with Totem. I've found that Mplayer works the best for DVD's. You need to also install the win32codecs package, but it seems to work ok. btw: libdvdcss2 needs to be installed if your using Xine, or Ogle for playback of encoded DVD's. Libdvdcss is included in the Mplayer package. All the best. Nigel.
