[MPlayer-users] libdvdcss and libdvdread issues

[pl]

On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 06:18:19PM +0100, Michael Hunold wrote:

> I'm very pleased with "mplayer" and how it plays dvds so far, but of 
> course you can always improve things...
> 
> For css decryption and dvd access, I'm currently using libdvdcss 1.0.0 
> and libdvdread 0.9.2, which work nicely in conjunction with current 
> mplayer cvs and with most of my dvds.
> 
> But sometimes (for example with Disney's "Tarzan") the title key 
> cracking takes very long (> 15 seconds for one title key), and even 
> fails sometimes (the new "Shrek" movie):

Do you see this erroneous behavior with version 0.0.3.ogle of libdvdcss ? 
I'm just asking as there are/have been issues with libdvdread 0.9.2
and versions of libdvdcss different from 0.0.3.ogle (dunno why).

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> then long pause, 3-4 seconds, then it continues.

I've experienced the same thing but not with a 100% probability...
(with libdvdcss 1.0.0)

> I'll cross check this on another machine, but I want to make sure that 
> I'm not doing something completely stupid before.
> 
> Any ideas are appreciated. I cannot belive that I am the only one who is 
> annoyed by the "speed" of css decryption with newer dvds.

I guess you're not :)

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Best regards,
  pl