Error in documentation for restricted formats / Playing encrypted DVDs?

Ari Torhamo ari.torhamo at saunalahti.fi
Sat Oct 14 22:35:56 UTC 2006


la, 2006-10-14 kello 16:17 -0400, t u kirjoitti:
> Ari Torhamo wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm running Edgy beta and just got totem-xine installed. It took me a
> > while to download libdvdcss2 to play DVDs, because the instruction given
> > in "RestrictedFormats/Playing encrypted DVDs"
> >  
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats#w32codecs
> > 
> > doesn't quite match my file system. The instruction tells one to do
> > 
> > sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
> > 
> > ,but there's no "examples" directory under libdvdread3 in my file
> > system. There the correct path to install-css.sh is
> > 
> snip
> > 
> > You will have to have libdvdread3 installed to see which way it is.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Ari Torhamo
> > 
> > 
> here's the full path on an up to date Dapper:
> /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh

OK. Good to know

> I guess you could add something like this to that page:
> -----
> for Ubuntu Edgy (6.10), the command is as follows:
> sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
> -----

I did the needed additions. I wouldn't mind you or someone checking that they are OK - I'm very inexperienced in this kind of things.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats /Installing
libdvdcss2.

> unless of course that's a bug :)

I can do the reporting. Just tell me is it critical? :)


Thanks,

Ari






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