I'm about to buy a DVD player for my Mepis computer and need to know how to get it working to play DVDs.
I've got a dual boot with Ubuntu and XP and have it working with Kubuntu via a script at the Ubuntu forums but it's choppy as hades...and unwatchable really.
What do I need to DL for Mepis and where do I get it?
This is going to determine wheather I scrap Ubuntu for good because if it works correctly in Mepis Ubuntu is history.

you don't need anything inparticular, just yourt dvd player of choice, mplayer, xine, totem, ogle etc... (and any dependencies they require)

Actually that's what I'm asking I guess.
Does anyone know what dependency packages I need and where to get them?
I believe I need somekind of 'DECSS' package but what's it called?
Is it in the repositories or do I need to search the internet?

you'll probably need libdvdplay, libdvdnav and libdvdcss. go with mplayer it plays anything. make sure your dma is on for the dvd-rom.

This is probably what I'm looking for - I've got the DMA thing down.
Are these in the repositories? Or can I apt-get them?
Do you guys actually have you DVD players up and running?
Any problems, like being choppy, or freezing?

To play DVDs in Mepis, aside from the obvious player, you'll need the file named libdvdcss2. You can apt-get it.

Thanks Darkstar - I think thats exactly what I was looking for.........

I would really doubt the choppiness of playback has anything to do with which distro you're using. That would have more to do with memory, caching, DMA, and video settings than anything.

Hey Masonm,
I've checked the DMA (hdparm -d1 /dev/cdrom,cdrom1) on both drives and it says that it's ON.
I've fixed this on my SuSE computer and it was the DMA set to off, and this one exhibits the exact same choppy thing - so I'm at a loss.
As far as I can tell the settings on the player are the same.
Anyone got anymore suggestions??

To all who took the time to answer my post - THANKS!
I've solved my Ubuntu DVD problem and I am confident that when I get my new DVD drive for Mepis I can get it up and running easily.
I case anyone is wondering about Ubuntu it was a simple matter of becoming "Master of the Known Universe" in xine.

CouchMaster

You really only need two .debs - libdvdcss2 and w32codecs. Just 'apt-get install' the required packages and that should sort it out for you. If you are running MEPIS with the 2.6 kernel, then the DMA should be enabled by default and playback should work without any issues. I have no issues with my system at home running MEPIS (v3.3.1). You may want to get the libdvdplay, libdvdnav, and libdvdread files as well. But to my knowledge the latest Xine should have the nav portion built-in.

Ben

Hey, thanks hayesben!

how do you do that apt-get thing

what would you type in the Konsole to get libdvdcss2

as I dont know how to do this in mepis 3.4.3

as I can not play DVDs

Firstly make sure you have the nerim repos enabled.(just remove the #)
You can find it in /etc/apt/sources.list

Then in a konsole as root user,

apt-get update
apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs

Hi there what does this mean?

'the nerim repos enabled.(just remove the #)
You can find it in /etc/apt/sources.list'


what does it mean

what does it do

why do that


this is what i get out of a knosole

I have done this though


Then in a konsole as root user,

apt-get update
apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs




hears is what i get









root@1[~]# apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package libdvdcss2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://apt.mepis.org etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/apt.mepis.org_3.4_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate
root@1[~]# apt-get update
Errhttp://apt.mepis.org etch Release.gpg
Could not connect to apt.mepis.org:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://apt.mepis.org/3.4/dists/etch/Release.gpg Could not connect to apt.mepis.org:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Reading package lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://apt.mepis.org etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/apt.mepis.org_3.4_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
root@1[~]# apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package libdvdcss2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://apt.mepis.org etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/apt.mepis.org_3.4_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate
root@1[~]#