Mandrake 8.1, vlc 2.83 Problem -- HELP!

[Yves Duret]

changa damany imara <cdimara at ucdavis.edu> writes:

> Ok. This problem has been described before but has yet to be answered.
> I'm running Mandrake 8.1 with VLC version 2.83. This is the version of
> vlc thats distributed by mandrake (rpms vlc-0.2.83-1mdk and
> vlc-gnome-0.2.83-1mdk are installed). Videolan will play mpg's but will
> not run dvds. Neither Open disc or Open file works. Sometimes the drive
> will spin but nothing ever starts playing.
> 
> I've linked /dev/dvd to /dev/hdc (the dvd player on my harddrive).
> Here's the output:

you need libdvdcss in order to read DVD.
you can find rpms for 8.1 in the plf repository:
http://plf.zarb.org
-- 
Yves Duret
yduret at mandrakesoft.com
piouk toujours et meme apres !


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