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12-26-2005, 02:04 PM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10.2
Posts: 276
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Mplayer=useless? I need a DVD player and other video playback support
I cannot get mplayer working. It's always one library problem after the other. I installed about 15 different packages already and it still doesn't work.
Is there any good DVD player and .wmv player out there for linux? I use xine/gxine for most things but it fails with DVD playback and doesnt support .asp or .wmv files.
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12-26-2005, 02:27 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
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Xine supports most MS media types. All you need is the codecs (look for a package called all or all-codecs) from mpalyers website and copy them into /usr/lib/win32. Xine also plays dvds fine but if they are encrypted you will need to install libdvdcss.
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12-26-2005, 02:30 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Perry, Iowa
Distribution: Mepis , Debian
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alot of the .wmv's are drm'ed these days as well. they have to phone bill g for permission to play.
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12-26-2005, 04:30 PM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10.2
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i give up. it makes me too mad. it just isn't meant to be.
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12-26-2005, 04:39 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Manchester, England
Distribution: Gentoo
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As reddazz said, you need libdvdcss.
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12-26-2005, 05:24 PM
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Distribution: Slackware 10.2
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Originally Posted by UK MAdMaN
As reddazz said, you need libdvdcss.
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I installed libdvdcss. I even copied the libraries into /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.3. Still didnt work. |
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12-27-2005, 12:13 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 3
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totem - plays DVD fine. Try it
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