On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 09:32:53AM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote:> On 12/17/2015 08:33 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >Hi all! > > > >I'm trying to finish setting up my newly upgraded C7 system. > > > >It's on the same hardware I ran C6 on for several years. on C6 I had no > >trouble playing DVDs (after installing tons of packages and libdvdcss). > >.... > I have found that whether VLC will play a DVD is somewhat dependent > on the DVD. I have played DVD's through VLC successfully on my > CentOS 7 system using the nux package stack, incidentally, but there > are several DVD's in my collection that will not play with the VLC > in nux dextop. But I also purchased (the very first version a > number of years ago) and keep support updated for the Fluendo > OnePlay DVD player (fully legal, licensed, DVD playback) and it both > works perfectly on CentOS 7 and plays those titles that VLC has > trouble with (like the DVD copy included in the Bluray edition of > Titanic).I don't play a LOT of DVDs, but on, e.g., C6 on the same hardware I don't recall ever having onefail to play with VLC. In looking at the source package for libdvdcss, last night, I see there are 3 different ways of cracking the encryption that it supports. The default one is to try to crack each file's encryption, with the down-side that it may fail entirely. there is also an option to crack the DISC's key which can then be used to decrypt each file. from the description it sounds as if the disc option might be better even though it isn't the default. If all else fails I will try hacking around with that option.> > If you want fully legal and fully supported DVD playback, see > http://www.oneplaydirect.com/oneplay/oneplay-dvd-player/ (which > features a 30 day free trial so you can test to see if it will work > on your hardware). Fluendo also has fully legal codecs for the > GStreamer framework, and they're not terribly expensive, either. > I've been using their products for several years, now, and am quite > satisfied. The DVD player does install a licensing daemon package, > incidentally, which is a bit of a new experience on Linux (although > once was routine on Un*x systems; anyone else remember FlexLM?).I'll certainly keep that in mind as a fallback position. but I prefer to run free software whenever possible, so I'll keep on poking at it for a while before giving up. thanks for the idea, though! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) ------------------------------
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:29:05PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 09:32:53AM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: > > On 12/17/2015 08:33 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >Hi all! > > > > > >I'm trying to finish setting up my newly upgraded C7 system. > > > > > >It's on the same hardware I ran C6 on for several years. on C6 I had no > > >trouble playing DVDs (after installing tons of packages and libdvdcss). > > >.... > > I have found that whether VLC will play a DVD is somewhat dependent > > on the DVD. I have played DVD's through VLC successfully on my > > CentOS 7 system using the nux package stack, incidentally, but there > > are several DVD's in my collection that will not play with the VLC > > in nux dextop. But I also purchased (the very first version a > > number of years ago) and keep support updated for the Fluendo > > OnePlay DVD player (fully legal, licensed, DVD playback) and it both > > works perfectly on CentOS 7 and plays those titles that VLC has > > trouble with (like the DVD copy included in the Bluray edition of > > Titanic). > > I don't play a LOT of DVDs, but on, e.g., C6 on the same hardware > I don't recall ever having onefail to play with VLC. > > In looking at the source package for libdvdcss, last night, I see there > are 3 different ways of cracking the encryption that it supports. The > default one is to try to crack each file's encryption, with the down-side > that it may fail entirely. there is also an option to crack the DISC's > key which can then be used to decrypt each file. from the description > it sounds as if the disc option might be better even though it isn't > the default. > > If all else fails I will try hacking around with that option.OK, I haven't gotten very far, but there is one interesting observation: vlc plays my homemade NON-encrypted DVDs just fine (except for the DVD menus, on which for some reason it errors). This kinda hints that VLC is not finding/opening libdvdcss even though I'm using the one from the nux repos, same as the source of the VLC RPM I have. One would think that nux's VLC would work with nux's libdvdcss, but this evidence makes me wonder... If nux is here, or if anyone here uses nux's vlc and libdvdcss with SUCCESS, I'd appreciate hearing from them. Fred PS: I'm not having any luck compiling libdvdcss from source... using rpmbuild to create a RPM I keep getting errors about "unpackaged files found", and can't figure out why or how to solve it (yes I've googled for solutions). -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------
On 12/19/2015 06:01 PM, Fred Smith wrote:> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:29:05PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 09:32:53AM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: >>> On 12/17/2015 08:33 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >>>> Hi all! >>>> >>>> I'm trying to finish setting up my newly upgraded C7 system. >>>> >>>> It's on the same hardware I ran C6 on for several years. on C6 I had no >>>> trouble playing DVDs (after installing tons of packages and libdvdcss). >>>> .... >>> I have found that whether VLC will play a DVD is somewhat dependent >>> on the DVD. I have played DVD's through VLC successfully on my >>> CentOS 7 system using the nux package stack, incidentally, but there >>> are several DVD's in my collection that will not play with the VLC >>> in nux dextop. But I also purchased (the very first version a >>> number of years ago) and keep support updated for the Fluendo >>> OnePlay DVD player (fully legal, licensed, DVD playback) and it both >>> works perfectly on CentOS 7 and plays those titles that VLC has >>> trouble with (like the DVD copy included in the Bluray edition of >>> Titanic). >> >> I don't play a LOT of DVDs, but on, e.g., C6 on the same hardware >> I don't recall ever having onefail to play with VLC. >> >> In looking at the source package for libdvdcss, last night, I see there >> are 3 different ways of cracking the encryption that it supports. The >> default one is to try to crack each file's encryption, with the down-side >> that it may fail entirely. there is also an option to crack the DISC's >> key which can then be used to decrypt each file. from the description >> it sounds as if the disc option might be better even though it isn't >> the default. >> >> If all else fails I will try hacking around with that option. > > OK, I haven't gotten very far, but there is one interesting observation: > vlc plays my homemade NON-encrypted DVDs just fine (except for the > DVD menus, on which for some reason it errors). This kinda hints that > VLC is not finding/opening libdvdcss even though I'm using the one > from the nux repos, same as the source of the VLC RPM I have. > > One would think that nux's VLC would work with nux's libdvdcss, but > this evidence makes me wonder... > > If nux is here, or if anyone here uses nux's vlc and libdvdcss with > SUCCESS, I'd appreciate hearing from them. > > Fred > > PS: > I'm not having any luck compiling libdvdcss from source... using > rpmbuild to create a RPM I keep getting errors about "unpackaged files > found", and can't figure out why or how to solve it (yes I've googled > for solutions). >Try this src.rpm http://awel.domblogger.net/7/media/src/repoview/libdvdcss.html That builds for me on EL7 in mock -- -=- Sent my from my laptop, may not be able to respond timely