Submitted by AndrewT on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 05:47
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By default, Trisquel is unable to decode and play most DVDs because it lacks a library to bypass the CSS (Content Scramble System) algorithm that protects commercially available DVDs. You will need a simple free software library called libdvdcss2, which bypasses the encryption and includes an API to access DVDs as a block device. Even better, libdvdcss2 ignores region codes.
Note that you will not need to install this if you are using VLC Player, as it includes the libdvdcss2 library by default.
Getting the Package
- Go to URL http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/ and download the latest version (currently 1.2.10 at this time) in .deb format.
- Open the .deb file and click on "Install Package". DVD playback should work immediately.
