On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:44 PM Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I been using VLC to listen to music recently. > I tried to watch a DVD -- and it refuses to work. > > Is it better to invoke VLC 2 different ways : > One way for music > Another way for video > > Then I can stick them in an mwm menu and click on the way I > wish to invoke VLC...
Some DVDs have CSS protection, which encrypts the DVD's data. I believe VLC needs a plugin to decode the encrypted data stream. I don't know what is needed for NetBSD, however. You might try installing libdvdcss if it is available. Also see the thread "Running VLC" by Todd Gruhn at https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2021/03/04/msg026673.html. For Ubuntu, the process is shown at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs. Jeff
