DVD player for Mepis

AquaInferno · 09-06-2005, 11:35 PM

I'm just looking for a codec or something along those lines for Mepis, I'm used to a Windows environment so please bare with me. But I just haven't gotten the hang of Linux yet, the installation methods and file system seems so foreign to me. Someone please explain how I enable DVD playback in Mepis, step by step if you could. Thanks in advance....

aysiu · 09-06-2005, 11:39 PM

Go to Synaptic Package Manager.
Go to Settings > Repositories.
Make sure all of the repositories are checked (except the non-US ones).
Then click Reload.
Then search for libdvdcss2
Mark it for installation.
Apply.

That's it.

If you don't know how to use Synaptic, click here

lefty.crupps · 09-07-2005, 08:16 AM

ooh but any repositories that have .us need to have the .us removed. When said and done it should have these four enabled:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/ testing
ftp://ftp.debian.org/ unstable

ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable
http://apt.mepis.org/3.3/ unstable

hit OK, search for libdvdcss2, mark it, apply it. But DO NOT make any major updates right now while you are in there (Synaptic)!! Its broken many a machine recently, if you read around.

Thulemanden · 09-08-2005, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by AquaInferno
I'm just looking for a codec or something along those lines for Mepis, I'm used to a Windows environment so please bare with me. But I just haven't gotten the hang of Linux yet, the installation methods and file system seems so foreign to me. Someone please explain how I enable DVD playback in Mepis, step by step if you could. Thanks in advance....

I found entering the DVD device and right clicking on the folder named something like AUDIO made me able to 'play the folder' in XINE in MEPIS.

Tyroweb · 09-28-2005, 04:11 PM

um....
from memory you need to apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs kaffeine

libdvdcss2 w32codecs are codec packs and kaffeine is a frontend for mplayer

HTH

Tyro