watching dvd movie requires non free software?

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tonlee
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Iscritto: 09/08/2014

It says watching dvd movies requires
libdvd-pkg. It is non free
software? The package is not in debian 9 64bit main.

Can you get to watch a dvd
movie not using non free software? Thank you.

jxself
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Iscritto: 09/13/2010

libdvd-pkg is located in contrib. I don't know the reason for that -- ask the Debian people -- but I suspect it has to do with libdvdcss: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss

libdvdcss is free software but breaking Digital Repression Management presents legal problems in some areas of the world. I notice, for example, that Debian doesn't provide libdvdcss on their own.

Magic Banana

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Iscritto: 07/24/2010

Add (with administrative priviledges) that line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable/ /
After downloading package information, "libdvdcss2" will be installable from the package manager.

jxself
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Iscritto: 09/13/2010

You should also install the GPG key with which the repository is signed.

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Iscritto: 07/24/2010

Indeed. But that repository actually looks outdated (it contains the version 1.2, not 1.4, of libdvdcss2): it is better to follow loldier's instructions than mine.

loldier
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nadebula.1984
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Playing DVD video involves cracking the DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), so it's illegal in United States (because of DMCA).