[ale] playing DVD on 7.3

[Dow Hurst]

They are worried about legal issues.  Just rpm -qa | grep xine and then 
rpm -e the output.  I think that is right.  Might want to refresh 
yourself on rpm switches from the man page.  I never can remember them 
since there are so many.  Sorry I can't help with DVD as that is 
something I haven't done yet.  However, Xine is the way to go now since 
the plugins are there.  You do have to collect all the right rpms to get 
full functionality.  I would recommend that you find the Xine plugins 
that do exactly what you want and are correct for your hardware software 
combo.  For example, SuSE 8.0 only needs the decryption libraries 
installed and the ALSA plugin installed to play an encrypted DVD from 
Blockbuster.  I've downloaded the ALSA plugin but haven't installed it 
yet.  Already had the decryption stuff installed from an earlier attempt 
at getting transcode to work for me.  Just takes some time on the Xine 
website to get an understanding of what to install and what not.
dow


ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

>Is RedHat doing a making it harder to use Xine? According to the Xine web 
>site, "The xine-lib archive must be installed first. " (text below)
>I have never had to uninstall a program like Xine with Linux before. How do I 
>remove Xine from my system completely, so that I can install Xine again (with 
>the lib first)? Is there an easier way? Why would RedHat include a 
>semi-functioning install that you have to remove and re-install to get to 
>work with DVD?
>  
>


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