[ydl-gen] PS3 Yellow Dog 5.02 DVD Playback

[Bill Mueller]

You've correctly identified the problem:

    "I receive errors from mplayer saying that libdvdcss can't decrypt the key."

Turns out you need a license to legally play DVD's in the US.  And as
such, we also can't tell you how to do it here.  

There is a lot of information out there concerning linux, dvd css, and
licensing.  It might be in your interest to continue your research.

-Bill


On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:38:21 -0400, "Thomas A. McGonagle" <tom at dataero.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>  I just bought my first PS3 60GB with 1.90 Firmware installed. I installed
> Yellow Dog and it was very easy.
>  I have successfully installed mplayer and VLC. Both of which work and can
> play video saved to the PS3. I can't read from the DVD drive (/dev/scd0)
> though.
> 
>  When I put in a movie, I receive errors from mplayer saying that
> libdvdcss
> can't decrypt the key. I also tried mounting the drive, and reading and
> even
> copying a  VOB file with cp and the vobcopy tool. No luck, you can't even
> copy a VOB off of the disk.
> 
>  I have scoured the net, looking for an explanation, and haven't been able
> to find one. Some people think that it has something to do with the region
> not being set on the drive. I tried the regionset utility, and it could
> not
> set the region on the drive. It errored out.
> 
>  Does anyone know for sure what is happening? Is the drive locked to
> prevent
> movie watching under Linux. If it is or is not, does anyone know a work
> around?
> 
>  Thanks a lot,  and have a lovely weekend.
> -Tom
> 
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> Thomas A. McGonagle
> tom at dataero.com
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> 
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