I got 'libdvdcss-1.4.2' installed. VLC quit crashing when I watched this specific DVD.
Does anyone have suggestions what other libs or CODECs I should install. On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 1:57 AM Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a nice way to search these mail threads with a SE? > > On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:55 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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
