Mplayer works but...
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Thu May 25 16:47:27 UTC 2006
Karl Larsen wrote:
> Yesterday I got Mplayer on FC4 working just fine. The yum took some
> time but it comes right up. I got a small DVD from a guy running for
> office. It's on a regular cd. I was able to view that with Mplayer.
>
> So I decided to try a commercial DVD I bought and it does not play. I
> know I got the 0th part loaded and it tries to play but I never get a
> picture. Is this some stupid thing they put on a DVD to foil those who
> are able to copy the DVD? Is there a fix?
>
> Karl
>
You are missing the DeCSS stuff. These two links should help.
http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/dynaweb_docs/linux/usr/HOWTO/Fedora-Multimedia-Installation-HOWTO.html
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html
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Robin Laing
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