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Hi,

I'm trying to play encrypted DVDs on my debian box (which is currently running testing). I've tracked down a copy of libdvdcss and installed it. However, after playing the first 45 seconds (consisting of a copyright screen and logos) of the first DVD I've tried, Kaffeine is telling me "The source seems encrypted, and can't be read", and all the other programs I've tried tell me the same thing, albeit with different wording.

Does anybody have any idea what the problem might be? I have no problem playing unencrypted DVDs, and I definitely have libdvdcss installed (I even tracked down a second source for it just in case my existing installation was corrupted in some way).

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Problem with playing DVDs

Submitted by pinniped on Sun, 2007-08-19 17:12.

For over a year, libdvdcss seems to be crippled - I've dumped it because it keeps giving me nonsense about me not being allowed to play my encrypted DVDs in my country. I haven't got the patience to hack it.

Add 'www.debian-multimedia.org' to your source list (then do an 'update') and install 'vlc' and plugins/libs that you need:

apt-cache search vlc

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Problem with playing DVDs

Submitted by bouncelot on Mon, 2007-08-20 15:46.

Thanks pinniped, that worked. Although I had to add the stable distribution to my repositories in order to satisfy the dependancies. One of the vlc dependancies (libavformat0d) seems to be missing from testing. :(

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