Hey All,
Is there anything available in the CentOS 6.3 software catalog that can
play a DVD? I am loath to install software from external repositories.
That only leads to headaches.
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On 09/09/12 1:21 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:> Is there anything available in the CentOS 6.3 software catalog that can > play a DVD? I am loath to install software from external repositories. > That only leads to headaches.probably not because any legal DVD player software has to be licensed by the DVD Forum to understand the decryption keys. any use of 'cracked' keys is illegal, and Red Hat can't condone that. you can just download the RPM from here http://pkgs.repoforge.org/vlc/vlc-1.1.13-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm or http://pkgs.repoforge.org/vlc/vlc-1.1.13-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm if you don't want to configure the repo. there's also a mozilla plugin that enables playing videos embedded in firefox in that same folder. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast
On Sunday, September 09, 2012 09:55:56 PM Mark LaPierre wrote:> I just installed the Fluendo DVD player. Cost me $20. Its playing > Shrek right now. Swaps to full screen and back without a hitch.> http://www.fluendo.com/shop/product/fluendo-dvd-player/While there have been a few legal DVD players for Linux over the years, to the best of my knowledge the Fluendo product is the only 'legal licensed fully paid up' one that still is fully supported by the developer. Fluendo also has a legal MP3 decoder that is a no-cost download, and a full codec pack that has a small cost for fully legal gstreamer decode plugins. The harder software packages to find for Linux in fully licensed and legal form are the encoders......