[MPlayer-users] fibmap_mplayer still useful?

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 11:38:22PM -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi -
> 
> 	Something I've been wondering about for a while now...
> 
> 	Does the 'fibmap_player' program still serve a useful purpose?
> 
> The following task requires root privileges. If it fails don't panic,
> however it means you can't use fibmap_mplayer.
> Without this (or without running mplayer as root) you won't be
> able to play encrypted DVDs.
> install -o 0 -g 0 -m 4755 -s fibmap_mplayer /usr/local/bin/fibmap_mplayer
> 
> 	None of my *BSD or Linux systems need or use the program and encrypted
> 	DVDs play fine.   Are there other systems which use fibmap_player or
> 	could the program be removed from MPlayer?

It's only used for the (obsolete) libcss dvd playing. You should
either --disable-css at compiletime to avoid having this program
built, or remove libcss (useless) from your system entirely so it
doesn't get detected.

Rich