[MPlayer-users] Copy protection on DVDs beyond CSS?

[Julián Nuñez]

Jonathan Schmitt wrote:
> Dear all,
> I've recently purchased a DVD, which is not playable with MPlayer, as it 
> seems. Searching around the web brought up someone with a similar problem, 
> that was solved by upgrading to the latest CVS version, so I tried
> 1.0pre7
> 1.0pre7try2 (with demux patch)
> CVS as of 17.4.2006
>
> Mplayer starts working to the "DVD successfully opened" point and then stops 
> doing anything but accessing the DVD. Strange enough, the extra titles on the 
> DVD (i.e. Trailer and stuff) are getting played, only main title is blocked.
>
>   
Some similar problem was discussed in this list before, in a thread 
called "MPlayer hangs playing 'Sony Pictures' DVDs." from February, 
maybe it is the same issue?

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