On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:42:14 -0800 civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >On 7 Apr 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > >>All; > >>Ok, not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping that someone here will know > >>this one. > >> > >>I'm trying to play DVD's with xine. It plays mpegs ok, but I get the > >>following error on DVDs: > >> > >>There is no available plugin to handle > >> dvd://video_ts.vob > >> > >> > >>I've checked the home page for xine looking for answers, an found > >>nothing. Can someone point me to an answer for this? > >> > > > >Since you posted this I'm assuming that you found the other pages to the > >different demuxers. I'm curious as to what sort of performance you're > >getting and what are your hardware specs. My laptop has a P/400 but > >video is too jerky to be watchable. It runs fine on an Athlon 900 > >though. > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > To the original question: > > Xine does not have a decoder for the Content Scrambling System because > MPAA won't license any open-source decoder. If you look around the web > with the search key "DeCSS" you will learn about greedy corporations, > bought and paid-for laws, and the fact that LinDVD is unavailable except > to OEMs for hardware-specific cases, and that PowerDVD just doesn't work > that well. > > Either buy a decoder card (the Dxr2 from Creative is supported) or make > a decision to be an outlaw and download the source for DeCSS and compile > it as a plug-in for Xine or abandon the idea of playing encrypted DVDs. For an outlaws view on libdvdcss. I have dled, built, and installed libdvdcss to use with ogle. My understanding of the law is that it is illegal to distribute DeCSS as a program, but that it is not illegal to offer the source code but even were it to be I would still have little qualm using it. I am using it to play in Linux DVDs I purchased on a system for which I purchased the dvd drive and the graphics card. The graphics card was bundled with a 'licensed' soft DVD player. Simply because I choose to play the DVD in linux rather than in windows my feelings are that the 'license' covers this system, regardless of the OS I run or the player I use. > > PowerDVD, a system for windows, I have tried. It is licensed by MPAA, > and on a 1G Athlon with 256M RAM and a good interface, it still gave > jerky motion. PowerDVD for linux does not appear to work at all. PowerDVD is not very good even on a faster system nor is the HollywoodMagic decoder card much better. The best player I have seen is that which ATI ships with their vid card, it rivals that of a DVD player and in linux ogles performance is on that same level. To get a little better understanding of DeCSS http://vialink.com.br/~jcastro/decss/info.html It not too long, boring, or dry and gives and overview of the situation. Charles
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