Playing DVDs on Suse
 

Anyone know how to play DVD movies on Suse? It is confusing me and never seems to work :(

No you're just lazy to search this forum correctly. This has been posted many times under the SuSE forum.

Yes but thr problem I have with the answers that were posted (I did dearch it) was that they all involved downloading rpms from sources that I am unsure about.

Due to potential legal problems, SuSE doesn't support DVD playback. If you want it, then you have to use unofficial packages.

Personally, I've found that MPlayer is very good, and I'm also currently trying to get Ogle working (which as far as I know is the only open source player to support DVD menus).

Thanks :) Mplayer looks good, does it come with DVD support built in? Also, I would rather install a rpm for suse but the only ones they have a link to I am not sure what the site is they link to and if or not it secure?

Have a look at the sticky thread about YaST update sources. The source called 'packman' contains many multimedia-related packages (including mplayer) that make installation very easy. What you need for DVD playback is libdvdcss. On the packman homepage (http://packman.links2linux.org/ ) you'll find a description how to install it. AFAIK libdvdcss is already included in mplayer, so you'd need it only for xine/kaffeine.

Cool, thanks :)
Only thing is I am little unsure about hooking up yast to unkown sources incase they are insecure or something, you know if this one is okay, or if there is a way to check?

Thanks :)

Well, that one's secure enough to get recommended on this site :)
I've certainly never had (or heard of) any problems with dodgy packages.

Cool, okay, I`ll give it a go :)
I wonder if there would be a possible verfication system for rpms?
As concievably this could cause huge security problems for linux in the future.....

Packman is commonly used, so I guess we would know about security issues with this site. But if you are really concerned about security, the only way you can be sure is to download, read and understand the sources and compile it yourself ;)
It is always a question of trust...

Yeah it is crazy though because even if you download the source, say from sourceforge or something, the tarball usually comes from a mirror too, so I guess that could be insecure too?

rpm uses md5 checksums to ensure the integrety of a package. But you cannot know for sure if the package contains malicious software. I guess this is a common problem of all binary-distributed software. Maybe a virus-scanner would detect something,

EDIT:
That's why I said 'read and understand'. A textfile (what sources actually are) cannot harm your computer unless you execute some code.

How does the md5 checksum work? That has always confused me, is that controlled by yast?

I have to point you to google for an answer. In general it compares a unique fingerprint created by the md5 algorithm before and after transfer of the file. If the file has been altered, the fingerprint will change and indicate the corruption. I think those fingerprints can be embedded into the file. The cryptographic nature of this algorithm makes it almost impossible to 'fake' a md5 checksum.

YaST uses rpm for installation and rpm uses md5. Additionally, SUSE uses gpg, a similar encryption mechanism, to digitally sign their packages. Again, for more information I have to refer to google.

I am no expert and therefore kindly ask everyone to correct me if I tell bullshit.

Does this mean the integrity of the files would be ok, even if they are coming from a mirror?