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General => Users => Topic started by: dexi on June 23, 2009, 01:32:23 pm
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Hi All,
I am trying to connect my USB DVD drive to my machine that runs LMCE. Kubuntu and LMCE have been installed using CD ROM. Now, when I try to plug in an external USB DVD drive, LMCE tells me that "DVDCSS library is not installed" and can't play the DVD.
Is this a driver issue? Is there a way to install DVD driver to Kubuntu/LMCE?
Thanks,
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is this 0810?
if so you need to install the libdvdcss2 package using apt.
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It's 0710 LMCE and Kubuntu.
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is this 0810?
if so you need to install the libdvdcss2 package using apt.
I have the same problem on 8.10 can u tell me how can i find and install that ?
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daci92
You should be able to install these from the "Add Software" screen on the Orbiter.
Or if that fails you can do it from a terminal
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs
-Coley.
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daci92
You should be able to install these from the "Add Software" screen on the Orbiter.
Or if that fails you can do it from a terminal
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs
-Coley.
i dont use orbiter yet ,i'm just testing it ,the problem is that one DVD movie is working great ,another one it is starting but after few minutes it is showing that DVDcss library is missing.
I've tried from terminal it installed but the same thing happened when i've started the video.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of playback protection. Unfortunately, there is an increasing number of DVDs which CAN'T be read by libdvdcss.
Details can be found, as always, in the wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD/DVD_copy_protection
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Posde,
Is there a way to solve this problem, i am too having the playback failure discribed by daci92?
br,
Raymond
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you can try to contact your local government representatives and let them know how these anti-copy measures are interfering with your free use rights, but nothing is likely to change.
otherwise, you can use a windows machine with ripping software to copy it to your linuxmce share.
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Most people probably know this but I didn't see it in this thread. In a terminal...
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras
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Ummm, just swapped out my slot-loading DVD-drive for another full size one I had lying about and the same DVD that wouldn't play now plays fine.
Go figure! more digging required but may not necessarily be libdvdcss issue.
-Coley.
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Just found https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
They are talking about libdvdread3, whats the difference with libdvdcss2 and do we need it?
Would it help to install it as discribed in the link above or will it break stuff?
Br,
Raymond
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try it and let us know
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The problem is that the dvd is ripped on external hard drive ,it is not protected.
And to the one that said there is some new update ,please try it and tell us what happens.
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Ok i will try and report back but i have 2 questions:
1- must i install this on the core AND any MD (through moonXX)?
2- do i risk breaking my system following the steps in my link?
thanks,
br,
Raymond
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what is the output of dmesg on your system after getting the libdvdcss error?
-Coley.
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i have installed the new libraries too but it is same .
Maybe that movie is broken ,i will try with another one and if the problem persist i will write again
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Hi,
My 2c worth experience.
All my DVD's played fine, but then they got the same error. Original DVD's but after trying everything, even reinstalled my core on a seperate harddrive, still no luck. In desperation swapped my DVD drive from the wife's pc with my core. And Viola, the DVD's are working. Even on my original install.
So what I've experienced is that a Faulty DVD drive or even a small scratch on the DVD can cause it.
You'll find that a DVD with a small scratch will play in a normal DVD player but not on your core.
Hope this helps
Karel
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I've had a strange experience with this recently, I have loads of kids dvds ripped onto my core, mostly BBC or disney ones. Anyway, some wouldn't play from the start, stating the dvdcss not installed message, but others would. Then around the beginning of this year, they all started working....Great...... Until last week, when some stopped playing again, stating the same dvdcss library not installed. Now they were ripped all at the same time, all to the core, and have been there unmolested ever since. I've tried apt-get install libdvdcss2 but it says the latest version is already installed.
Has anything else changed in a recent update that would effect this??
Matt.
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Ok i will try and report back but i have 2 questions:
1- must i install this on the core AND any MD (through moonXX)?
2- do i risk breaking my system following the steps in my link?
thanks,
br,
Raymond
You need to install it on any machine where you wish to playback DVD's or rips of DVD's. In fact there are still relatively few DVD's that will not be playable with libdvdcss. We always recommend that you use regionset on your DVD drive and set it to a specific region before using it for encrypted DVD playback. If this is not done then this can increase the likelihood of a libdvdcss failure message.
All the best
Andrew