How do I install libdvdcss2 which is part of the VideoLAN project to play DVDs under Debian Linux 6 (squeeze) operating system?
libdvdcss or libdvdcss2 is a free and open source software library for accessing and unscrambling DVDs encrypted with the Content Scramble System (CSS).
| Tutorial details | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Root privileges | Yes |
| Requirements | None |
It is part of the VideoLAN project and is used by VLC media player and other DVD player software such as Ogle, xine-based players, MPlayer, and so on under Linux an Unix like operating systems.
Turn on deb-multimedia repo
The sources.list file contains package resource list for apt. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file, enter:
# vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Append the following directives:
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free
Save and close the file. Rsynchronize the package index files from their sources, run:
# apt-get update
Install libdvdcss2
Type the following command:
# apt-get install libdvdcss2
Sample outputs:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: libdvdcss2 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded. Need to get 37.1 kB of archives. After this operation, 106 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ squeeze/main libdvdcss2 amd64 1.2.10-0.3 [37.1 kB] Fetched 37.1 kB in 1s (22.8 kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package libdvdcss2. (Reading database ... 267066 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libdvdcss2 (from .../libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.3_amd64.deb) ... Setting up libdvdcss2 (1.2.10-0.3) ...
Now you can play DVDs with VLC or any other media player under Debian Linux 6.x. In this example, use lsdvd to list all titles / chapter from /dev/dvd:
$ lsdvd
To play track # 3 from DVD, enter:
$ mplayer dvd://3 -dvd-device /dev/dvd
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You SAVED me. SOLVED
Very precise how to do it.
Im new and am a dumb ass to Ubuntu. How do I exactly type in the codes to install libdvdcss2. I get NOTHING?
Q. WHAT is the first COMPLETE line code to FIRST type in?
then 2ed. The next line, etc etc.
Thanks for reply
I am surprised that you “get NOTHING” after sending your command [by "Enter"] if you have typed :
apt-get install libdvdcss2
[Don't type ' # ' ]
You should get an error message if the libdvdcss2 cannot be found.
If you look up on the Google search engine :
ubuntu libdvdcss2
you will find in the list of pages one :
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-mplayer-and-multimedia-codecs-libdvdcss2w32codecsw64codecs-on-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric.html
where you can find :
Install w32 video codecs and libdvdcss2 in Ubuntu 11.10
Is that your version of Ubuntu : Ubuntu 11.10 ?
Tell me