Play CSS encrypted DVDs with Ubuntu Linux -
After installing Ubuntu Linux on my laptop, I found that although I had totem-xine and mplayer installed, I couldn't play most DVDs. After a bit of mucking around I found that it was because I needed libdvdcss2 installed, and whilst it is not available in the ubuntu repositories, they do provide a script which will download and install the needed libraries.
Simply run:
and then:
Which will download and install the needed packages from a third-party site.
Now you can watch css encrypted DVDs with the player of your choice.
-Jonesy
After installing Ubuntu Linux on my laptop, I found that although I had totem-xine and mplayer installed, I couldn't play most DVDs. After a bit of mucking around I found that it was because I needed libdvdcss2 installed, and whilst it is not available in the ubuntu repositories, they do provide a script which will download and install the needed libraries.
Simply run:
apt-get install libdvdread3
and then:
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
Which will download and install the needed packages from a third-party site.
Now you can watch css encrypted DVDs with the player of your choice.
-Jonesy