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Other Topics => Completely Off-Topic => Topic started by: VaderDawsn on June 08, 2005, 04:09:13 pm
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Anyone know where to find dvd player software that will run on Linux? All I want to do is to be able to play dvds without booting into windows.
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Anyone know where to find dvd player software that will run on Linux? All I want to do is to be able to play dvds without booting into windows.
OMFG BUT LINUX IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WINDOWS! THAT EXPLAINS WHY YOU CAN'T FIND DVD SOFTWARE FOR IT! LOLZ1!1!1!
Where's will when I need a good argument.....
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VLC (http://www.videolan.org/) will probably be the easiest choice.
I should add that this is technically illegal under the DMCA. It's a stupid issue that you can read (http://lodestone.org/people/hoss/politics/DeCSS-history.html) about if you really care.
OMFG BUT LINUX IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WINDOWS! THAT EXPLAINS WHY YOU CAN'T FIND DVD SOFTWARE FOR IT! LOLZ1!1!1!
Ummm... she didn't know where to look. Big friggin deal.
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Will, Thanks for the link. It looks like it's down right now. I'll try again later...
Um, I am not a Windows hater, it's just I have a dual boot system and it would be nice if when I boot into Linux if I could watch a dvd without having to reboot, no big deal...
The big reason there isn't a dvd player widely available is because the encoding/decoding scheme for dvd's has been a patent issue...even if it is a mathematical formula....Heck, if I could purchase software for it to run on Linux, I would..but I have not seen any...I don't want to copy dvds..just watch those I have have legally purchased...
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The big reason there isn't a dvd player widely available is because the encoding/decoding scheme for dvd's has been a patent issue...
You'd think so, but it's really the DMCA. Specifically 17 USC 1201 (http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00001201----000-.html).
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Ummm... she didn't know where to look. Big friggin deal.
It's built into windows. You don't have to look at all :pedagog:
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It's built into windows. You don't have to look at all :pedagog:
It's not built into NT. It's not built into the windowing server. It simply comes with Windows. STFU. The a la carte nature of Linux is the reason it is so powerful. Different target audience.