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watching a DVD in linux

It really should be as easy as:

xine /dev/sr0

But it isn't. Can anyone link me to simple instructions to simply watch a stupid movie on a DVD disc in linux? I googled, but I get nothing but garbage.

try VLC, it just works.

Install libdvdcss and try again.

If you want use xine

Code:

xine dvd://

But I'm afraid you cannot watch encrypted DVD (region locked) in vanilla Slackware. You need libdvdcss from slackbuilds.org, however using it is probably illegal in USA.

libdvdcss, VLC and make sure you are multlib enabled, would be my best guess. Come back with input so we can know whats going on... I may just buy a external DVD player and see what is up. Also do you have an external DVD player or internal, what's your specs?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slackwarefanboy (Post 6002300)

libdvdcss, VLC and make sure you are multlib enabled, would be my best guess.

Multilib won't be required for this. Typically multlib is required if you want to use wine, steam, or other closed-source programs that aren't available in 64bit.

EDIT: @OP, most likely, the only thing you're missing is libdvdcss. Pat can't include this in Slackware for legal reasons.

If you want to go the VLC route, I believe you may need to use the "restricted" version as that version is legally not allowed in a lot of countries due to enabling support for various patent and/or legal encumbered items. I don't think Eric includes libdvdcss with the normal package, only the restricted one.

http://slackware.nl/people/alien/res...d_slackbuilds/

Install libdvdcss , and mplayer do the rest.

last I knew had to mess with /dev/dvd. permission changes. I used to use xine which worked well.
look for DVD how-to should explain how to do everything.
do need libdvdcss

Quote:

Originally Posted by https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-slackware.html

32-bit and 64-bit Slackware packages (SlackBuild script included) for official VLC source releases are available from http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/. These packages do not contain codecs that are suffering from patent or copyright issues. If you need MP3/AAC encoding support, a full-featured version can be downloaded from this non-US mirror: http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien...ackbuilds/vlc/.

Alien's VLC packages have no dependency on additional packages (except for libdvdcss if you want to play DVD's)

Instructions for building a package from source are available on the VideoLAN Wiki

Even if you go the VLC route you'll likely need the libdvdcss.

Quote:

Originally Posted by khronosschoty (Post 6002955)

Even if you go the VLC route you'll likely need the libdvdcss.

Based on Eric's SlackBuild, libdvdcss should not be needed in the restricted version. See this pertinent code section from the SlackBuild:

Code:

 # DVD support:

  # Only use patented code if we are allowing it:

  if [ "${USE_PATENTS}" == "YES" ]; then

    make_dvdcss

  fi

And that make_dvdcss function points to the following section:

Code:

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Compile libdvdcss

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

make_dvdcss()

{

echo -e "**\n**  libdvdcss  ...\n**"

cd $TMP/tmp-$PRGNAM/libdvdcss-$DVDCSS

CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \

CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \

LDFLAGS="$SLKLDFLAGS" \

./configure \

  --prefix=$VLCDEPSDIR/usr \

  --libdir=$VLCDEPSDIR/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \

  --disable-doc \

  --disable-shared \

  --program-prefix= \

  --program-suffix= \

  --build=$TARGET \

  2>&1 | tee $OUTPUT/configure-${PRGNAM}_dvdcss.log

  # Shared library needed so that libdvdread can query the library

  #--disable-shared \

make ${NUMJOBS} 2>&1 | tee $OUTPUT/make-${PRGNAM}_dvdcss.log

# Install libdvdcss into a temp location so libdvdread can pickup the library

echo -e "\n**\n**\n"

make install 2>&1 | tee -a $OUTPUT/make-${PRGNAM}_dvdcss.log

# Add DOCS to the vlcdeps to have it added to vlc package later:

mkdir -p $VLCDEPSDIR/doc/libdvdcss/

cp AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README \

  $VLCDEPSDIR/doc/libdvdcss/ || true

cd -

}