CSS encrypted DVDs

PJ briareos at otherlands.net
Tue May 8 02:48:30 CEST 2001


Ahh...many thanks. I will indeed try that.  So far, the only DVD I
have that plays flawlessly is Macross Plus 8*) (but that is good
enough for me).  I appriciate all the hard work that has gone into vlc
and thanks for the response.

On Tue, 08 May 2001, Samuel Hocevar wrote:

> On Mon, May 07, 2001, PJ wrote:
> 
> > 	I was wondering if anyone had a known CSS encrypted DVD that I
> > can use to test vlc.  I am asking for titles, not actual DVDs 8*).  I
> > have tried Pitch Black, Gladiator, Princess Mononuke, and The Matrix.
> 
>    Region 1 Princess Mononoke and Matrix are encrypted (100% sure about
> this). I don't know about Gladiator, but since the Region 2 version is
> encrypted, there are good chances the Region 1 one is as well.
> 
> > I am using the CVS version and with Pitch Black, I got a couple of
> > previews, but they just looped and I never was able to watch the
> > actual movie.
> 
>    Maybe you need to start at a particular title (use -t and -T
> options).
> 
> > FYI, I don't know if this should go to the devel list, but the CVS
> > version doesn't do full-screen like the latest release does. The
> > screen size stays the same, just surrounded by an all black border.
> 
>    This is due to the XVideo plugin being temporarily broken. To get
> real full screen with the SDL plugin, maximize the window before going
> to full screen (or launch vlc with "--width 1024 --height 768" or
> anything similar).
> 
> -- 
> Sam.
> 
> 
> 

PJ

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