[nzlug] Xine codecs and Mepis

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, August 7, 2007 11:05 pm, Patrick Connolly wrote:
> Somewhere about Mon, 06-Aug-2007 at 09:44AM +1200 (give or take), Nick
> Rout wrote:
>
> |>
> |> On Sun, August 5, 2007 9:46 pm, Patrick Connolly wrote:

> |>
> |> All dvd's use a limited set of codecs.
> |>
> |> For video it is always mpeg2
>
> But aren't there ones to do with encryption?  I find that PuppyLinux
> can play the DVDs in quesion without anything additional from what
> comes in its 93 Mb iso file.  Could it be that Mepis has to keep its
> nose clean and avoid any danger of lawsuits?

encryption has nothing to do with the codec, but yes you need to have
libdvdcss installed to lay most commercial dvd's, which are generally
encrypted.

There are some newer encryption schemes that do not work on linux (sony -
who else!)

But if you are missing dvdcss, that would be a problem (albeit not  codec
problem)

What are your symptoms?


>
> aptitude search dts indicates a development package which I'd have
> thought would not be necessary.  I installed it anyway, but with no
> difference.
>
> Could it be that I need to use additional repositories and if so, what
> is an intelligent way of finding sensible ones to use?
>
>
>
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