On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 05:05:47PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Yes, you are right - Totem does appear to play CD's just fine. > (although it does seem to be lacking freedb support for nameing tracks) my first guess is that the other players are trying to play with a different sound system than totem. for example, maybe they are trying to play through alsa when you have esd running or some similar conflict. but that's only a guess. > > But there seems to be a problem with encryption if I try to play. > The messages in the terminal window include: > libdvdnav: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. > and there is a popup box says > The source seems encrypted, and can't be read. Are you > trying to play an encrypted DVD without libdvdcss? > > The mentioned lib does not seem to be in the standard libraries - anyone > know if this will fix the problem, and where I can find it if so? add deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ [sarge|etch|sid] main to your sources.list to get libdvdcss from Marillat's repository. This will allow you to decrypt dvd's. Provided of course that you are not in a DMCA affect country :) A
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