DVDs on SuSE 9.3

Hi all,

I've installed SuSE 9.3 and upgraded with all patches of 'Security and
Recommended' and the Multimedia Packs 1, 2, 3 and 4.

But when I put a DVD to play, the kaffeine tell me about a problem with
plugins.

I'd like to know, what I must do to watch DVDs without problems.

Sincerely,
Athila Mattos

athila.mattos@terra.com.br adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> Hi all,
>
> I've installed SuSE 9.3 and upgraded with all patches of 'Security and
> Recommended' and the Multimedia Packs 1, 2, 3 and 4.
>
> But when I put a DVD to play, the kaffeine tell me about a problem
> with plugins.
>
> I'd like to know, what I must do to watch DVDs without problems.
>
> Sincerely,
> Athila Mattos

To get xine and kaffeine ( kaffeine is the frontend to xine ) you need
to change to lib-xine from the packman site:

http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=124

As well as all the other packages at the bottom of the page you will
need lidvdcss, but as it is illegal in some/most countries to supply it
precompiled you have to follow the steps here:

http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=122

HTH
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baskitcaise wrote:
> athila.mattos@terra.com.br adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've installed SuSE 9.3 and upgraded with all patches of 'Security and
>> Recommended' and the Multimedia Packs 1, 2, 3 and 4.
>>
>> But when I put a DVD to play, the kaffeine tell me about a problem
>> with plugins.
>>
>> I'd like to know, what I must do to watch DVDs without problems.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Athila Mattos
>
> To get xine and kaffeine ( kaffeine is the frontend to xine ) you need
> to change to lib-xine from the packman site:
>
> http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=124
>
> As well as all the other packages at the bottom of the page you will
> need lidvdcss, but as it is illegal in some/most countries to supply it
> precompiled you have to follow the steps here:
>
> http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=122
>
> HTH

do the multimedia packs help with this (yastonline update choices)
Multimedia option packs 1,2,3,4 in YOU (as early august 2005) listed as
containing:

bmp-plugins-mad - Beep Media Player Plug-Ins
gstreamer-plugins-extra-mad - Extra Plug-Ins for GStreamer
k3b-mad - MP3 support for k3b
kdemultimedia3-mad - MP3 support for KDE
libtunepimp-mad - mp3 plugin for libtunepimp
mad - An MPEG audio decoder library
mad-devel - Development Package for mad
python-mad - A Python Wrapper for the MPEG Audio Decoder Library
xine-mad - MAD/MP3/MPEG1/MPEG2 support for xine
xmms-lib-mad - The extensible media player


avifile - AVI File Support Library
gplflash - Free Flash Library and Plugin for Linux
ladspa - The Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plug-in API
libmpeg3 - A decoder for many derivatives of MPEG standards
mozplugger - A Generic Mozilla Plug-In
mp3blaster - A Command Line MP3 Player
mpg321 - A Free Command Line MP3 player
normalize - An Audio File Volume Normalizer
smpeg - SDL MPEG Player Library
smpeg-devel - Developer files for smpeg
smpeg-gtv - A MPEG player with gtk interface
streamripper - record shoutcast compatible streams

alsamodular - A Modular Synthesizer
avifile-qt - Qt-based AVI utilities
kaxtv - Desktop Software DVB Player
madplay - MPEG audio decoder and player
pd - Real-time patchable audio and multimedia processor
pd-externals - externals for pd
qamix - Qt Mixer for ALSA
qmidiarp - Midi Arpeggiator
rosegarden4 - MIDI/Audio Sequencer and Notation Editor
SuperCollider - Sound Synthesis Server

alsaplayer - A Powerful, Plug-in-Based Audio Player
ardour - Multitrack hardware recording system
audacity - A Free, Cross-Platform Digital Audio Editor
easytag - Tag editor for MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files
glame - GLAME--GNU/Linux Audio Mechanics
gtkpod - A platform independent GUI for the Apple® iPod®
snack - Sound Extension for Tcl/Tk and Python
sweep - Sound wave editor
terminatorX - Virtual Turntable for "scratching"
xawtv4 - DVB and Video4Linux TV application
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ac <"aec$news"@candt.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:Cq2Pe.1272
$w73.1262@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:

> do the multimedia packs help with this

Not with the libdvdcss problem, no. Check the URL Mark posted.

Uwe

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baskitcaise wrote:
> athila.mattos@terra.com.br adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I've installed SuSE 9.3 and upgraded with all patches of 'Security and
>>Recommended' and the Multimedia Packs 1, 2, 3 and 4.
>>
>>But when I put a DVD to play, the kaffeine tell me about a problem
>>with plugins.
>>
>>I'd like to know, what I must do to watch DVDs without problems.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Athila Mattos
>
>
> To get xine and kaffeine ( kaffeine is the frontend to xine ) you need
> to change to lib-xine from the packman site:
>
> http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=124
>
> As well as all the other packages at the bottom of the page you will
> need lidvdcss, but as it is illegal in some/most countries to supply it
> precompiled you have to follow the steps here:
>
> http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=122
>
> HTH

Mark,

Urm doesn't mplayer work with dvd's without all the changing xine and
compiling lidvdcss?

Just throught that might be an easier answer?



Have fun

Marcus

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marcus@lgc.co.uk adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> Mark,
>
> Urm doesn't mplayer work with dvd's without all the changing xine and
> compiling lidvdcss?
>
> Just throught that might be an easier answer?
>
>

No you still need the codecs and libdvdcss, I would have recommended it
but the OP mentioned kaffeine which uses xine underneath so I pointed
out what it would take to get it to play commercial ( encrypted )
DVD`s, the xine on the Suse media is crippled so even with lbdvdcss it
still will not playencrypted DVD`s.

However mplayer is not crippled like the xine that is on the install
media so it would be easier to get mplayer ( also on the packman site )
working yes, but still needs libdvdcss to play encrypted DVD`s.

HTH
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Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:56:44 GMT
baskitcaise <baskitcaise@gmx.co.uk> wrote:

> However mplayer is not crippled like the xine that is on the install
> media so it would be easier to get mplayer ( also on the packman
> site ) working yes, but still needs libdvdcss to play encrypted DVD`s.

If it hasn't changed recently, the packman site used to have the xine
and kaffeine stuff, as well, didn't it -- even ogle I think . . . ?


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Kevin Nathan adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:56:44 GMT
> baskitcaise <baskitcaise@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> However mplayer is not crippled like the xine that is on the install
>> media so it would be easier to get mplayer ( also on the packman
>> site ) working yes, but still needs libdvdcss to play encrypted
>> DVD`s.
>
> If it hasn't changed recently, the packman site used to have the xine
> and kaffeine stuff, as well, didn't it -- even ogle I think . . . ?
>
>

Yep.

Do keep up at the back please, see original reply :-P

I know it is late/early in the morning over there so you are excused.

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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:46:07 GMT
baskitcaise <baskitcaise@gmx.co.uk> wrote:

> Do keep up at the back please, see original reply :-P

Oh, yeah, sure! Like I'm supposed to remember something from two days
ago, when I can barely remember the last hour? ;-)


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Kevin Nathan wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:46:07 GMT
> baskitcaise <baskitcaise@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Do keep up at the back please, see original reply :-P
>
> Oh, yeah, sure! Like I'm supposed to remember something from two days
> ago, when I can barely remember the last hour? ;-)
>
>

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