On Apr 1, 2005 3:05 PM, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to > > use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here > > please give me some directions? > > > You can indeed. However, commercial dvds are encoded, and thanks to the legal > implications Mandrake cannot give you the packages you need. PLF supply > Mandrake packages to deal with this situation. So - > > 1) Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and follow the instructions there to make sure you > have a plf source - while you are there it would pay you to grab one source > from each of the sections listed. A long chain of commands will be given to > you to paste into a root console. It does take a while for that to complete, > so be patient until it has finished. Using urpmi from the command line or > Software Installer as a gui will now give you a whole raft of possibilities > you didn't have before. > > 2) If you have xine installed, uninstall it. > > 3) Get the xine packages from the plf site - if you use Software Installer > make sure you have enabled Maximum Information. You also need decss and any > codecs you can find, to give you maximum flexibility. Install them in the > usual way and you should be fine.
Thanks, Anne and Ian. Paul
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