Re: VLC

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

Is there a nice way  to search these mail threads with a SE?

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:55 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:44 PM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > I been using VLC to listen to music recently.
> > I tried to watch a DVD -- and it refuses to work.
> >
> > Is it better to invoke VLC 2 different ways :
> >     One way for music
> >     Another way for video
> >
> > Then I can stick them in an  mwm menu and click on the way I
> > wish to invoke VLC...
>
> Some DVDs have CSS protection, which encrypts the DVD's data. I
> believe VLC needs a plugin to decode the encrypted data stream.
>
> I don't know what is needed for NetBSD, however. You might try
> installing libdvdcss if it is available. Also see the thread "Running
> VLC" by Todd Gruhn at
> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2021/03/04/msg026673.html.
>
> For Ubuntu, the process is shown at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs.
>
> Jeff